gall.

Gallon(s)

gall¹ /göl/

1. Bile, the greenish-yellow fluid secreted from the liver (old)
2. Bitterness
3. Ill-will
4. Assurance, presumption, impudence

gallˈ-less adjective

1. Without gall
2. Mild
3. Free from rancour

gall bladder noun

A muscular sac close to or at the edge of the liver in vertebrates, which stores and concentrates bile, and releases it into the intestine

gall duct noun

A tube for conveying bile or gall

gallˈsickness or gallˈ-sickness noun (Du galziekte; S Afr)

A tick-borne disease affecting the livers of cattle, sheep and goats

gallˈstone noun

A concretion in the gall bladder or biliary ducts

gall² /göl/

An abnormal growth on a plant caused by a parasite such as an insect or fungus, or by bacteria

gallate /galˈāt/ noun

A salt of gallic acid

gallfly /gölˈ/ or gall wasp noun

An insect of the hymenopterous family Cynipidae that causes galls by depositing its eggs in plants

gall midge noun

A Cecidomyia or similar gall-making midge

gallˈnut noun

A nut-like gall produced on an oak by a gall wasp, used esp formerly for making ink

gall wasp see gallfly above.

gall³ /göl/

1. A painful swelling, esp in a horse
2. A sore due to chafing
3. A state or cause of irritation
4. A chafed place
5. A bare place (archaic)
6. A flaw (archaic; Scot)
7. A geological fault or dyke (mining)

1. To hurt by rubbing
2. To irritate

1. To become chafed
2. To scoff (Shakespeare)

gallˈing adjective

Irritating

gallˈingly adverb

• fish slices
• fish-spear
• fish-spears
• fish-stew
• fish-stews
• fish stick
• fish sticks
• fish-strainer
• fish-strainers
• fishtail
• fishtailed
• fishtailing
• fishtails
• fish-torpedo
• fish-trowel
• fishway
• fish-weir
• fish-weirs
• fishwife
• fishwives
• fish-woman
• fishy
• fishyback
• fishybacks
• fisk