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Gallein :: Gallein (n.) A red crystalline dyestuff, obtained by heating together pyrogallic and phthalic acids..

Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley..

Galley :: Galley (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure..

Spare :: Spare (a.) To use frugally or stintingly, as that which is scarce or valuable; to retain or keep unused; to save..

Kilderkin :: Kilderkin (n.) A small barrel; an old liquid measure containing eighteen English beer gallons, or nearly twenty-two gallons, United States measure..

Partridge :: Partridge (n.) Any one of numerous species of small gallinaceous birds of the genus Perdix and several related genera of the family Perdicidae, of the Old World. The partridge is noted as a game bird..

Gallied :: Gallied (p. p. & a.) Worried; flurried; frightened.

Competent :: Competent (a.) Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.

Galloper :: Galloper (n.) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber..

Galleass :: Galleass (n.) A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See Galleon, and Galley..

Gallic :: Gallic (a.) Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like..

Frenchify :: Frenchify (v. t.) To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize.

Gallnut :: Gallnut (n.) A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall..

Jointworm :: "Jointworm (n.) The larva of a small, hymenopterous fly (Eurytoma hordei), which is found in gall-like swellings on the stalks of wheat, usually at or just above the first joint. In some parts of America it does great damage to the crop..

Saic :: Saic (n.) A kind of ketch very common in the Levant, which has neither topgallant sail nor mizzen topsail..

Cockscomb :: Cockscomb (n.) A plant (Celosia cristata), of many varieties, cultivated for its broad, fantastic spikes of brilliant flowers; -- sometimes called garden cockscomb. Also the Pedicularis, or lousewort, the Rhinanthus Crista-galli, and the Onobrychis Crista-galli..

Galley :: Galley (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars..

Balcony :: Balcony (n.) A projecting gallery once common at the stern of large ships.

Heading :: Heading (n.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift..

Corridor :: Corridor (n.) A gallery or passageway leading to several apartments of a house.

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