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gall

2  [gawl]
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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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gall 2   (gôl)   
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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Word Origin & History

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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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: 4gall
Function: noun
: a swelling of plant tissue usually due to fungi or insect parasites and sometimes forming an important source of tannin
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Medical Dictionary

gall 2 (gôl)
n.
A skin sore caused by friction and abrasion. v. galled, gall·ing, galls
To become irritated, chafed, or sore.

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