Definition of Gallic. Meaning of Gallic. Synonyms of Gallic

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Definition of Gallic

Gallic
Gallic Gal"lic, a. [From Gallium.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, gallium.
Gallic
Gallic Gal"lic (277), a. [From Gall the excrescence.] Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. Gallic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance, C6H2(HO)3.CO2H, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink.
Gallic
Gallic Gal"lic, a. [L. Gallicus belonging to the Gauls, fr. Galli the Gauls, Gallia Gaul, now France: cf. F. gallique.] Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican.

Meaning of Gallic from wikipedia

- Look up Gallic in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Gallic is an adjective that may describe: ancient Gaul (Latin: Gallia), roughly corresponding to the...
- The Gallic Empire or the Gallic Roman Empire are names used in modern historiography for a breakaway part of the Roman Empire that functioned de facto...
- The Gallic Wars were waged between 58 and 50 BC by the Roman general Julius Caesar against the peoples of Gaul (present-day France, Belgium, Germany and...
- increasingly put pressure on the Gallic sphere of influence. The Battle of Telamon (225 BC) heralded a gradual decline of Gallic power during the 2nd century...
- Gallic acid (also known as 3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoic acid) is a trihydroxybenzoic acid with the formula C6H2(OH)3CO2H. It is classified as a phenolic acid...
- The Gallic rooster (French: le coq gaulois) is a national symbol of France as a nation, as opposed to Marianne representing France as a state and its values:...
- Commentaries on the Gallic War), also Bellum Galli**** (English: Gallic War), is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person...
- (September 52 BC) was the climactic military engagement of the Gallic Wars, fought around the Gallic oppidum (fortified settlement) of Alesia in modern France...
- ships of the White Star Line have borne the name SS Gallic, an adjectival reference to France: SS Gallic (1894) was a p****enger tender, originally SS Birkenhead...
- Gáedel re Gallaib. As adjectives, English has the two variants: Gaulish and Gallic. The two adjectives are used synonymously, as "pertaining to Gaul or the...