gall

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Gall describes something irritating, like someone very rude. If you barge into a bakery and cut in front of a sweet old lady, then you have gall.

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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.

Noun
the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties

Noun
a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats

Noun
a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will

Noun
abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury

Noun
a skin sore caused by chafing

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Noun
an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle

Verb
irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"

Verb
become or make sore by or as if by rubbing

n.
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.

n.
The gall bladder.

n.
Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor.

n.
Impudence; brazen assurance.

n.
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.

v. t.
To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts.

v. t.
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.

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

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

v. i.
To scoff; to jeer.

n.
A wound in the skin made by rubbing.

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.
Comedy diverted without gall.
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.

Gall

Gall , n. [F. galle, noix de galle, fr. L. galla.] (Zo'94l.) 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. &hand; 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'94l.), any insect that produces galls. -- Gall midge (Zo'94l.), 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'94l.) See Gallfly.

Gall

Gall, v. t. (Dyeing) To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts. Ure.

Gall

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.
2. To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm.
They that are most galled with my folly, They most must laugh.
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.

Gall

Gall, v. i. To scoff; to jeer. [R.] Shak.

Gall

Gall, n. A wound in the skin made by rubbing.

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.

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.

To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts.

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.

To scoff; to jeer.

A wound in the skin made by rubbing.

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Usage Examples

Our incomes are like our shoes if too small, they gall and pinch us but if too large, they cause us to stumble and to trip.

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