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Definition of Galled

Gall
Gall Gall, n. [F. galle, noix de galle, fr. L. galla.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. Note: 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["o]l.), any insect that produces galls. Gall midge (Zo["o]l.), 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["o]l.) See Gallfly.
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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. --Lam. iii. 5. Comedy diverted without gall. --Dryden. 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.
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Gall Gall, v. t. (Dyeing) To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts. --Ure.
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Gall Gall, v. i. To scoff; to jeer. [R.] --Shak.
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Gall Gall, n. A wound in the skin made by rubbing.

Meaning of Galled from wikipedia

- the galled surface, deforming the metal until the lump breaks through the surface and begins plowing up large amounts of material from the galled surface...
- Galls (from the Latin galla, 'oak-apple') or cecidia (from the Gr**** kēkidion, anything gushing out) are a kind of swelling growth on the external tissues...
- Ox gall is gall, usually obtained from cows, that is an ingredient in bile soap and mixed with alcohol and used as the wetting agent in paper marbling...
- Gallion may refer to: Gallion, Alabama, a community in Hale County, Alabama Gallion (plant genus), a former genus in the family Rubiaceae Arthur Gallion...
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- Gall Force (ガルフォース, Garu Fōsu) is a metaseries of science fiction anime OVAs by the studios Artmic and AIC, with production by Youmex. The original character...
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- Look up Gall, gall, or gäll in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gall is a kind of swelling growth on plants. Gall may also refer to: Gall Force, a 1980s...
- Henderson Alexander Gall, CMG, CBE (born 1 October 1927) is a Scottish journalist, author, and former ITN news presenter whose career as a journalist has...
- Robert Gall (27 May 1918, in Saint-Fargeau, Yonne – 16 May 1990) was a French lyricist. He married Cécile Berthier, daughter of Paul Berthier, co-founder...