Dictionary
gall
Pronunciation: (gôl), [key]—
n.
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.
gall
Pronunciation: (gôl), [key]—
v.t.
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.
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v.i.
1. to be or become chafed.
2. Mach.(of either of two engaging metal parts) to lose metal to the other because of heat or molecular attraction resulting from friction.
3. Metall.(of a die or compact in powder metallurgy) to lose surface material through adhesion to the die.
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n.
1. a sore on the skin, esp. of a horse, due to rubbing; excoriation.
2. something very vexing or irritating.
3. a state of vexation or irritation.
gall
Pronunciation: (gôl), [key]—
n.
any abnormal vegetable growth or excrescence on plants, caused by various agents, as insects, nematodes, fungi, bacteria, viruses, chemicals, and mechanical injuries.
Gall
Pronunciation: (gôl), [key]—
n.
(Pizi), 1840?–94, leader of the Hunkpapa Sioux: a major chief in the battle of Little Bighorn.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
