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gall1    Audio Help   [gawl] Pronunciation Key
–noun
1.impudence; effrontery.
2.bile, esp. that of an animal.
3.something bitter or severe.
4.bitterness of spirit; rancor.
5.gall and wormwood, bitterness of spirit; deep resentment.

[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE galla, gealla; c. G Galle; akin to L fel, Gk chol gall, bile]

1. nerve, audacity, brass, cheek.
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–verb (used with object)
1.to make sore by rubbing; chafe severely: The saddle galled the horse's back.
2.to vex or irritate greatly: His arrogant manner galls me.
–verb (used without object)
3.to be or become chafed.
4.Machinery. (of either of two engaging metal parts) to lose metal to the other because of heat or molecular attraction resulting from friction.
5.Metallurgy. (of a die or compact in powder metallurgy) to lose surface material through adhesion to the die.
–noun
6.a sore on the skin, esp. of a horse, due to rubbing; excoriation.
7.something very vexing or irritating.
8.a state of vexation or irritation.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME galle (n.), gallen (v.) perh. < MD, MLG gall, akin to OE gealla sore on a horse]
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–noun
any abnormal vegetable growth or excrescence on plants, caused by various agents, as insects, nematodes, fungi, bacteria, viruses, chemicals, and mechanical injuries.

[Origin: 1350–1400; ME galle < MF < L galla gallnut. See gall2]
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(Pizi), 1840?–94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
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bile    Audio Help   (bīl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A bitter, alkaline, brownish-yellow or greenish-yellow fluid that is secreted by the liver, stored in the gallbladder, and discharged into the duodenum and aids in the emulsification, digestion, and absorption of fats. Also called gall1.
  2. Bitterness of temper; ill humor; irascibility.
  3. Either of two bodily humors, black bile or yellow bile, in ancient and medieval physiology.


[French, from Latin bīlis.]

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gall 1    Audio Help   (gôl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. See bile.
    1. Bitterness of feeling; rancor.
    2. Something bitter to endure: the gall of defeat.
  2. Outrageous insolence; effrontery.


[Middle English, from Old English gealla, galla; see ghel-2 in Indo-European roots.]

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gall 2    Audio Help   (gôl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.  
  1. A skin sore caused by friction and abrasion: a saddle gall.
    1. Exasperation; vexation.
    2. The cause of such vexation.

v.   galled, gall·ing, galls

v.   tr.
  1. To make (the skin) sore by abrasion; chafe.
  2. To damage or break the surface of by or as if by friction; abrade: the bark of saplings galled by improper staking. See Synonyms at chafe.
  3. To irk or exasperate; vex: It galled me to have to wait outside.

v.   intr.
To become irritated, chafed, or sore.


[Middle English galle, from Old English gealla, possibly from Latin galla, nutgall.]

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gall 3    Audio Help   (gôl)  Pronunciation Key 
n.   An abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects, microorganisms, or external injury.


[Middle English galle, from Old French, from Latin galla, nutgall.]

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gall  (1)
"bile," O.E. galla (Anglian), gealla (W. Saxon), from P.Gmc. *gallon- (cf. O.N. gall, O.H.G. galla), from PIE base *ghol-/*ghel- "gold, yellow, yellowish-green" (cf. Gk. khole, see cholera; L. fel; perhaps also O.E. geolo "yellow," Gk. khloros). Informal sense of "impudence, boldness" first recorded Amer.Eng. 1882; but meaning "embittered spirit, rancor" is from c.1200.

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gall  (2)
"sore spot on a horse," O.E. gealla "painful swelling," from L. galla "gall, lump on plant," originally "oak apple," of uncertain origin. Perhaps from or influenced by gall (1) on notion of "poison-sore." The verb meaning "to make sore by chafing" is from c.1440; fig. sense of "harass, irritate" is from 1573.

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gall

noun
1. an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle [syn: saddle sore
2. a skin sore caused by chafing 
3. abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury 
4. a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will [syn: resentment
5. a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats [syn: bile
6. the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties [syn: crust

verb
1. become or make sore by or as if by rubbing [syn: chafe
2. irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit" 

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gall1 [goːl] noun
a bitter liquid which is stored in the gall bladder
Arabic: صَفْراء
Chinese (Simplified): 胆汁
Chinese (Traditional): 膽汁
Czech: žluč
Danish: galde
Dutch: gal
Estonian: sapp
Finnish: sappi
French: bile
German: die Galle
Greek: χολή
Hungarian: epe
Icelandic: gall
Indonesian: empedu
Italian: bile, fiele
Japanese: 胆汁
Korean: 쓸개즙
Latvian: žults
Lithuanian: tulžis
Norwegian: galle
Polish: żółć
Portuguese (Brazil): bílis
Portuguese (Portugal): bilis
Romanian: bilă
Russian: жёлчь
Slovak: žlč
Slovenian: žolč
Spanish: bilis, hiel
Swedish: galla
Turkish: safra, öd
gall2 [goːl] noun
impudence
Example: He had the gall to say he was my friend after being so rude to me.
Arabic: حِقْد، غِل، ضَغينَه
Chinese (Simplified): 厚颜无耻
Chinese (Traditional): 厚顏無恥
Czech: drzost
Danish: frækhed
Dutch: brutaliteit
Estonian: jultumus
Finnish: julkeus
French: effronterie
German: die Frechheit
Greek: θράσος
Hungarian: arcátlanság
Icelandic: ósvífni
Indonesian: kelancangan
Italian: impudenza, sfacciataggine
Japanese: 厚かましさ
Korean: 뻔뻔스러움
Latvian: bezkaunība; nekaunība
Lithuanian: įžūlumas
Norwegian: frekkhet
Polish: tupet
Portuguese (Brazil): atrevimento
Portuguese (Portugal): atrevimento
Romanian: tupeu
Russian: наглость
Slovak: drzosť, bezočivosť
Slovenian: predrznost
Spanish: atrevimiento, poca vergüenza, desfachatez
Swedish: fräckhet
Turkish: küstahlık
gall [goːl] verb
to annoy (a person) very much
Example: It galls me to think that he is earning so much money.
Arabic: يُضايِق، يُزْعِج
Chinese (Simplified): 使烦恼
Chinese (Traditional): 使煩惱
Czech: rozhořčit
Danish: ærgre; forbitre
Dutch: ergeren
Estonian: kibedust tekitama
Finnish: sapettaa
French: exaspérer
German: ärgern
Greek: ενοχλώ, ερεθίζω
Hungarian: (meg)sért
Icelandic: angra, ergja
Indonesian: mengganggu
Italian: infastidire
Japanese: いら立たせる
Korean: 화나게 하다
Latvian: aizvainot; kaitināt
Lithuanian: (į)žeisti, skaudinti
Norwegian: irritere, forbitre
Polish: drażnić
Portuguese (Brazil): irritar
Portuguese (Portugal): agoniar
Romanian: a exaspera
Russian: злить
Slovak: rozhorčiť, hnevať
Slovenian: dražiti
Spanish: irritar, exasperar, molestar
Swedish: plåga, pina, irritera
Turkish: sinirlendirmek, canını sıkmak
See also: gallstone, gall bladder

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An abnormal swelling of plant tissue, caused by injury or by parasitic organisms such as insects, mites, nematodes, and bacteria. Parasites stimulate the production of galls by secreting chemical irritants on or in the plant tissue. Galls stimulated by egg-laying parasites typically provide a protective environment in which the eggs can hatch and the pupae develop, and they usually do only minor damage to the host plant. Gall-stimulating fungi and microorganisms, such as the bacterium that causes crown gall, are generally considered to be plant diseases.

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Gall

Chol"er\, n. [OE. coler, F. col[`e]re anger, L. cholera a bilious complaint, fr. Gr. ? cholera, fr. ?, ?, bile. See Gall, and cf. Cholera.]

1. The bile; -- formerly supposed to be the seat and cause of irascibility. [Obs.]

His [Richard Hooker's] complexion . . . was sanguine, with a mixture of choler; and yet his motion was slow. --I. Warton.

2. Irritation of the passions; anger; wrath.

He is rash and very sudden in choler. --Shak.
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Gall

Cup"-gall`\ (-g?l`), n. A kind of oak-leaf gall. See Gall.
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Gall

Gall\, n.[OE. galle, gal, AS. gealla; akin to D. gal, OS. & OHG. galla, Icel. gall, SW. galla, Dan. galde, L. fel, Gr. ?, and prob. to E. yellow. ? See Yellow, and cf. Choler]

1. (Physiol.) The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver. It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that of the mucous membrane of the gall bladder.

2. The gall bladder.

3. Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor.

He hath . . . compassed me with gall and travail. --Lam. iii. 5.

Comedy diverted without gall. --Dryden.

4. Impudence; brazen assurance. [Slang]

Gall bladder (Anat.), the membranous sac, in which the bile, or gall, is stored up, as secreted by the liver; the cholecystis. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus.

Gall duct, a duct which conveys bile, as the cystic duct, or the hepatic duct.

Gall sickness, a remitting bilious fever in the Netherlands. --Dunglison.

Gall of the earth (Bot.), an herbaceous composite plant with variously lobed and cleft leaves, usually the Prenanthes serpentaria.
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Gall\, n. [F. galle, noix de galle, fr. L. galla.] (Zo["o]l.) An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae. They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds. The larvae live within the galls. Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc. See Gallnut.

Note: The galls, or gallnuts, of commerce are produced by insects of the genus Cynips, chiefly on an oak (Quercus infectoria or Lusitanica) of Western Asia and Southern Europe. They contain much tannin, and are used in the manufacture of that article and for making ink and a black dye, as well as in medicine.

Gall insect (Zo["o]l.), any insect that produces galls.

Gall midge (Zo["o]l.), any small dipterous insect that produces galls.

Gall oak, the oak (Quercus infectoria) which yields the galls of commerce.

Gall of glass, the neutral salt skimmed off from the surface of melted crown glass;- called also glass gall and sandiver. --Ure.

Gall wasp. (Zo["o]l.) See Gallfly.
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Gall

Gall\, v. t. (Dyeing) To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts. --Ure.
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Gall\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Galled; p. pr. & vb. n. Galling.] [OE. gallen; cf. F. galer to scratch, rub, gale scurf, scab, G. galle a disease in horses' feet, an excrescence under the tongue of horses; of uncertain origin. Cf. Gall gallnut.]

1. To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable.

I am loth to gall a new-healed wound. --Shak.

2. To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm.

They that are most galled with my folly, They most must laugh. --Shak.

3. To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy.

In our wars against the French of old, we used to gall them with our longbows, at a greater distance than they could shoot their arrows. --Addison.
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