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Gallflies
() of Gallfly
Gallfly
() An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips and allied genera. See Illust. of Gall.
Gallyambic
() Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse.
Gallian
() Gallic; French.
Galliard
() Gay; brisk; active.
Galliard
() A brisk, gay man.
Galliard
() A gay, lively dance. Cf. Gailliarde.
Galliardise
() Excessive gayety; merriment.
Galliardness
() Gayety.
Galliass
() Same as Galleass.
Gallic
() Pertaining to, or containing, gallium.
Gallic
() Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like.
Gallic
() Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican.
Gallican
() Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallic; French; as, the Gallican church or clergy.
Gallican
() An adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism.
Gallicanism
() The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within the Roman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought to restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the power of the national church.
Gallicism
() A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom.
Gallicized
() of Gallicize
Gallicizing
() of Gallicize
Gallicize
() To conform to the French mode or idiom.
Gallied
() Worried; flurried; frightened.
Galliform
() Like the Gallinae (or Galliformes) in structure.
Galligaskins
() Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.
Gallimatia
() Senseless talk. [Obs. or R.] See Galimatias.
Gallimaufries
() of Gallimaufry
Gallimaufry
() A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout.
Gallimaufry
() Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch.
Gallin
() A substance obtained by the reduction of gallein.
Gallinaceae
() Same as Gallinae.
Gallinacean
() One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds.
Gallinaceous
() Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae.
Gallinae
() An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes called Rasores.
Galling
() Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating.
Gallinipper
() A large mosquito.
Gallinule
() One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata).
Galliot
() See Galiot.
Gallipoli oil
() An inferior kind of olive oil, brought from Gallipoli, in Italy.
Gallipot
() A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines, etc.
Gallium
() A rare metallic element, found in certain zinc ores. It is white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and remarcable for its low melting point (86/ F., 30/C). Symbol Ga. Atomic weight 69.9.
Gallivant
() To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan.
Gallivat
() A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, -- used on the Malabar coast.
Galliwasp
() A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous.
Gallnut
() A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall.
Gallomania
() An excessive admiration of what is French.
Gallon
() A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.
Galloon
() A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes, etc., -- sometimes made ornamental.
Galloon
() A similar bordering or binding of rich material, such as gold lace.
Gallooned
() Furnished or adorned with galloon.
Galloped
() of Gallop
Galloping
() of Gallop