Defn: A variety of plum; as, the greengage; also, the blue gage, frost gage, golden gage, etc., having more or less likeness to the greengage. See Greengage.
GAGEGage, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gaged; p. pr & vb. n. Gaging.] Etym: [Cf.F. gager. See Gage, n., a pledge.]
1. To give or deposit as a pledge or security for some act; to wage or wager; to pawn or pledge. [Obs.] A moiety competent Was gaged by our king. Shak.
2. To bind by pledge, or security; to engage. Great debts Wherein my time, sometimes too prodigal, Hath left me gaged. Shak.
GAGEGage, n.
Defn: A measure or standart. See Gauge, n.
GAGEGage, v. t.
Defn: To measure. See Gauge, v. t.You shall not gage me By what we do to-night. Shak.
GAGERGa"ger, n.
Defn: A measurer. See Gauger.
GAGGERGag"ger, n.
1. One who gags.
2. (Founding)
Defn: A piece of iron imbedded in the sand of a mold to keep the sand in place.
GAGGLEGag"gle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gaggled; p. pr. & vb. n. Gaggling.]Etym: [Of imitative origin; cf. D. gaggelen, gagelen, G. gackeln,gackern, MHG. g, E. giggle, cackle.]
Defn: To make a noise like a goose; to cackle. Bacon.
GAGGLEGag"gle, n. Etym: [Cf. Gaggle v. i.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A flock of wild geese. [Prov. Eng.] Halliwell.
GAG LAWGag law. (Parliamentary Law)
Defn: A law or ruling prohibiting proper or free debate, as in closure. [Colloq. or Cant]
GAGTOOTHGag"tooth`, n.; pl. Gagteeth (.
Defn: A projecting tooth. [Obs.]
GAG-TOOTHEDGag"-toothed", a.
Defn: Having gagteeth. [Obs.]
GAHNITEGahn"ite, n. Etym: [Named after Gahn, a Swedish chemist.] (Min.)
Defn: Zinc spinel; automolite.
GAIDICGa*id"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to hypogeic acid; — applied to an acid obtained from hypogeic acid.
GAIETYGai"e*ty, n.
Defn: Same as Gayety.
GAILERGail"er, n.
Defn: A jailer. [Obs.] Chaucer.
GAILLARDGail`lard", a. Etym: [F. See Galliard.]
Defn: Gay; brisk; merry; galliard. Chaucer.
GAILLIARDEGail*liarde", n. Etym: [See Galliard a dance.]
Defn: A lively French and Italian dance.
GAILYGai"ly, adv. Etym: [From Gay.]
Defn: Merrily; showily. See gaily.
GAINGain, n. Etym: [Cf. W. gan a mortise.] (Arch.)
Defn: A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
GAIN Gain, a. Etym: [OE. gein, gain, good, near, quick; cf. Icel. gegn ready, serviceable, and gegn, adv., against, opposite. CF. Ahain.]
Defn: Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
GAIN Gain, n. Etym: [OE. gain, gein, ga, gain, advantage, Icel. gagn; akin to Sw. gagn, Dan. gavn, cf. Goth. gageigan to gain. The word was prob. influenced by F. gain gain, OF. gaain. Cf. Gain, v. t.]
1. That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; — opposed to loss. But what things were gain to me, those I counted loss for Christ. Phil. iii. 7. Godliness with contentment is great gain. 1 Tim. vi. 6. Every one shall share in the gains. Shak.
2. The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation. "The lust of gain." Tennyson.
GAIN Gain, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gained; p. pr. & vb. n. Gaining.] Etym: [From gain, n. but. prob. influenced by F. gagner to earn, gain, OF. gaaignier to cultivate, OHG. weidin, weidinen to pasture, hunt, fr. weida pasturage, G. weide, akin to Icel. vei hunting, AS. wa, cf. L. venari to hunt, E. venison. See Gain, n., profit.]
1. To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living. What is a man profited, if he shall gain the whole world, and lose his own soul Matt. xvi. 26. To gain dominion, or to keep it gained. Milton. For fame with toil we gain, but lose with ease. Pope.
2. To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.
3. To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; toconciliate.If he shall hear thee, thou hast gained thy brother. Matt. xviii. 15.To gratify the queen, and gained the court. Dryden.
4. To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor. Forded Usk and gained the wood. Tennyson.
5. To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage. [Obs. or Ironical] Ye should . . . not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. Acts xxvii. 21. Gained day, the calendar day gained in sailing eastward around the earth. — To gain ground, to make progress; to advance in any undertaking; to prevail; to acquire strength or extent. — To gain over, to draw to one's party or interest; to win over. — To gain the wind (Naut.), to reach the windward side of another ship.
Syn. — To obtain; acquire; get; procure; win; earn; attain; achieve. See Obtain. — To Gain, Win. Gain implies only that we get something by exertion; win, that we do it in competition with others. A person gains knowledge, or gains a prize, simply by striving for it; he wins a victory, or wins a prize, by taking it in a struggle with others.
GAINGain, v. i.
Defn: To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily. Thou hast greedily gained of thy neighbors by extortion. Ezek. xxii. 12. Gaining twist, in rifled firearms, a twist of the grooves, which increases regularly from the breech to the muzzle. To gain on or upon. (a) To encroach on; as, the ocean gains on the land. (b) To obtain influence with. (c) To win ground upon; to move faster than, as in a race or contest. (d) To get the better of; to have the advantage of. The English have not only gained upon the Venetians in the Levant, but have their cloth in Venice itself. Addison. My good behavior had so far gained on the emperor, that I began to conceive hopes of liberty. Swift.
GAINABLEGain"a*ble, a. Etym: [CF. F. gagnable. See Gain, v. t.]
Defn: Capable of being obtained or reached. Sherwood.
GAINAGE Gain"age (, 48), n. Etym: [OF. gaignage pasturage, crop, F. gaignage pasturage. See Gain, v. t.] (O. Eng. Law) (a) The horses, oxen, plows, wains or wagons and implements for carrying on tillage. (b) The profit made by tillage; also, the land itself. Bouvier.
GAINERGain"er, n.
Defn: One who gains. Shak.
GAINFULGain"ful, a.
Defn: Profitable; advantageous; lucrative. "A gainful speculation."Macaulay.— Gain"ful*ly, adv.— Gain"ful*ness, n.
GAINGIVINGGain"giv`ing, n. Etym: [See Again, and Give.]
Defn: A misgiving. [Obs.]
GAINLESSGain"less, a.
Defn: Not producing gain; unprofitable. Hammond.— Gain"less/ness, n.
GAINLYGain"ly, adv. Etym: [See Gain, a.]
Defn: Handily; readily; dexterously; advantageously. [Obs.] Dr. H.More.
GAINPAINGain"pain`, n.Etym: [F. gagner to gain + pain bread.]
Defn: Bread-gainer; — a term applied in the Middle Ages to the sword of a hired soldier.
GAINSAYGain`say" ( or ; 277), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gainsaid ( or ); p. pr. &vb. n. Gainsaying.] Etym: [OE. geinseien, ageinseien. See Again, andSay to utter.]
Defn: To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shallnot be able to gainsay nor resist. Luke xxi. 15.The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother,My sacred aunt, should by my mortal sword Be drained. Shak.
GAINSAYERGain`say"er, n.
Defn: One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. "To convince the gainsayers." Tit. i. 9.
GAINSBOROUGH HATGains"borough hat.
Defn: A woman's broad-brimmed hat of a form thought to resemble those shown in portraits by Thomas Gainsborough, the English artist (1727- 88).
GAINSOMEGain"some, a.
1. Gainful.
2. Prepossessing; well-favored. [Obs.] Massinger.
'GAINST; GAINSTGainst, prep.
Defn: A contraction of Against.
GAINSTAND Gain"stand`, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gainstood; p. pr. & vb. n. gainstanding.] Etym: [See Again, and Stand.]
Defn: To withstand; to resist. [Obs.]Durst . . . gainstand the force of so many enraged desires. Sir P.Sidney.
GAINSTRIVEGain"strive`, v. t. & i. Etym: [See Again, and Strive.]
Defn: To strive or struggle against; to withstand. [Obs.] Spenser.
GAIRFOWLGair"fowl`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: See Garefowl.
GAIRISH; GAIRISHLY; GAIRISHNESSGair"ish, a., Gair"ish*ly, adv., Gair"ishness, n.
Defn: Same as Garish, Garishly, Garishness.
GAITGait, n. Etym: [See Gate a way.]
1. A going; a walk; a march; a way. Good gentleman, go your gait, and let poor folks pass. Shak.
2. Manner of walking or stepping; bearing or carriage while moving. 'T is Cinna; I do know him by his gait. Shak.
GAITEDGait"ed, a.
Defn: Having (such) a gait; — used in composition; as, slow-gaited; heavy-gaited.
GAITER Gait"er, n. Etym: [F. guêtre, cf. Armor. gweltren; or perh. of German origin, and akin to E. wear, v.]
1. A covering of cloth or leather for the ankle and instep, or for the whole leg from the knee to the instep, fitting down upon the shoe.
2. A kind of shoe, consisting of cloth, and covering the ankle.
GAITERGai"ter, v. t.
Defn: To dress with gaiters.
GAITRE; GAYTREGai"tre, Gay"tre (, n. Etym: [OE. Cf. Gatten tree.]
Defn: The dogwood tree. [Obs.] Chaucer.
GALAGa"la, n. Etym: [F. gala show, pomp, fr. It. gala finery, gala; ofGerman origin. See Gallant.]
Defn: Pomp, show, or festivity. Macaulay. Gala day, a day of mirth and festivity; a holiday.
GALACTA-GOGUEGa*lac"ta-gogue, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: An agent exciting secretion of milk.
GALACTICGa*lac"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. Galaxy, and cf. Lactic.]
1. Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid.
2. Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way. Galactic circle (Astron.), the great circle of the heavens, to which the course of the galaxy most nearly conforms. Herschel. — Galactic poles, the poles of the galactic circle.
GALACTIN Ga*lac"tin, n. Etym: [Gr. Lactin.] (Chem.) (a) An amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone, and is variously regarded as a coagulating or emulsifying agent. (b) A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South American cow tree (Galactodendron). (c) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose.
GALACTODENSIMETERGa*lac`to*den*sim"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. densimeter.]
Defn: Same as Galactometer.
GALACTOMETERGal`ac*tom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Gr. -meter: cf. F. galactomètre. Cf.Lactometer.]
Defn: An instrument for ascertaining the quality of milk (i.e., its richness in cream) by determining its specific gravity; a lactometer.
GALACTOPHAGISTGal`ac*toph"a*gist, n. Etym: [Gr.
Defn: One who eats, or subsists on, milk.
GALACTOPHAGOUSGal`ac*toph"a*gous, a. Etym: [Gr. galactophade.]
Defn: Feeding on milk.
GALACTOPHOROUSGal`ac*toph"o*rous, a. Etym: [Gr. galactophore. Cf. Lactiferous.](Anat.)
Defn: Milk-carrying; lactiferous; — applied to the ducts of mammary glands.
GALACTOPOIETICGa*lac`to*poi*et"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: Increasing the flow of milk; milk-producing.— n. A galactopoietic substance.
GALACTOSEGa*lac"tose, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper).
GALAGEGa*lage", n. (Obs.)
Defn: See Galoche. Spenser.
GALAGOGa*la"go, n.; pl. Galagos. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of African lemurs, including numerous species.
Note: The grand galago (Galago crassicaudata) is about the size of a cat; the mouse galago (G. murinus)is about the size of a mouse.
GALANGA; GALANGAL Ga*lan"ga, Ga*lan"gal, n.Etym: [OE. galingale, OF. galingal, garingal, F. galanga (cf. Sp. galanga), prob. fr. Ar. khalanj. ]
Defn: The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian orChinese species of Alpinia (A. Galanga and A. officinarum) and of theKæmpferia Galanga), — all of the Ginger family.
GALANTINEGal"an*tine ( or ), n. Etym: [F. galantine.]
Defn: A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold. Smart.
GALAPEE TREEGal"a*pee` tree", (Bot.)
Defn: The West Indian Sciadophyllum Brownei, a tree with very large digitate leaves.
GALATEA Gal`a*te"a, n. [After Galatea, a British man-of-war, the material being used for children's sailor suits.]
Defn: A kind of striped cotton fabric, usually of superior quality and striped with blue or red on white.
GALATIANGa*la"tian, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. — A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor.
GALAXY Gal"ax*y, n.; pl. Galaxies. Etym: [F. galaxie, L. galaxias, fr. Gr. lac. CF. Lacteal.]
1. (Astron.)
Defn: The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars. Nichol.
2. A splendid assemblage of persons or things.
GALBAN; GALBANUM Gal"ban, Gal"ba*num, n. Etym: [L. galbanum, Gr. klekb'n: cf. F. galbanum.]
Defn: A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of Ferula. The Bubon Galbanum of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish.
GALBE Galbe, n. [F.; OF. garbe, fr. It. garbo grace, gracefulness. See Garb dress.] (Art)
Defn: The general outward form of any solid object, as of a column or a vase.
GALE Gale, n. Etym: [Prob. of Scand.. origin; cf. Dan. gal furious, Icel. galinn, cf. Icel. gala to sing, AS. galan to sing, Icel. galdr song, witchcraft, AS. galdor charm, sorcery, E. nightingale; also, Icel. gjla gust of wind, gola breeze. Cf. Yell.]
1. A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.
Note: Gales have a velocity of from about eighteen ("moderate") to about eighty ("very heavy") miles an our. Sir. W. S. Harris.
2. A moderate current of air; a breeze. A little gale will soon disperse that cloud. Shak. And winds of gentlest gale Arabian odors fanned From their soft wings. Milton.
3. A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity. The ladies, laughing heartily, were fast getting into what, in New England, is sometimes called a gale. Brooke (Eastford). Topgallant gale (Naut.), one in which a ship may carry her topgallant sails.
GALEGale, v. i. (Naut.)
Defn: To sale, or sail fast.
GALEGale, n Etym: [OE. gal. See Gale wind.]
Defn: A song or story. [Obs.] Toone.
GALEGale, v. i. Etym: [AS. galan. See 1st Gale.]
Defn: To sing. [Obs.] "Can he cry and gale." Court of Love.
GALEGale, n Etym: [AS. gagel, akin to D. gagel.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of the genus Myrica, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (Myrica Gale) is found both in Europe and in America.
GALEGale, n. Etym: [Cf. Gabel.]
Defn: The payment of a rent or annuity. [Eng.] Mozley & W. Gale day, the day on which rent or interest is due.
GALEAGa"le*a, n.Etym: [L., a helmet. ]
1. (Bot.)
Defn: The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.
2. (Surg.)
Defn: A kind of bandage for the head.
3. (Pathol.)
Defn: Headache extending all over the head.
4. (Paleon.)
Defn: A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell.
5. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects.
GALEASGal"e*as, n.
Defn: See Galleass.
GALEATE; GALEATED Ga"le*ate, Ga"le*a`ted, a. Etym: [L. galeatus, p.p. of galeare helmet.]
1. Wearing a helmet; protected by a helmet; covered, as with a helmet.
2. (Biol.)
Defn: Helmeted; having a helmetlike part, as a crest, a flower, etc.; helmet-shaped.
GALEIGa"le*i, n. pl. Etym: [NL., fr. Galeus, name of one genus, fr. Gr.(Zoöl.)
Defn: That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks.
GALENA Ga*le"na, n.Etym: [L. galena lead ore, dross that remains after melting lead: cf. F. galène sulphide of lead ore, antidote to prison, stillness of the sea, calm, tranquility.]
1. (Med.)
Defn: A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca. [Obs.] Parr.
2. (Min.)
Defn: Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage. False galena. See Blende.
GALENIC; GALENICALGa*len"ic, Ga*len"ic*al (, a.
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, galena.
GALENIC; GALENICALGa*len"ic, Ga*len"ic*al, an. Etym: [From Galen, the physician.]
Defn: Relating to Galen or to his principles and method of treating diseases. Dunglison. Galenic pharmacy, that branch of pharmacy which relates to the preparation of medicines by infusion, decoction, etc., as distinguished from those which are chemically prepared.
GALENISMGa"len*ism, n.
Defn: The doctrines of Galen.
GALENISTGa*len*ist, n.
Defn: A follower of Galen.
GALENITEGa*le"nite, n. (Min.)
Defn: Galena; lead ore.
GALEOPITHECUSGa`le`o*pi*the"cus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs.See Colugo.
GALERICULATE Gal`er*ic"u*late, a. Etym: [L. galericulum, dim. of galerum a hat or cap, fr. galea helmet.]
Defn: Covered as with a hat or cap. Smart.
GALERITEGal"er*ite, n. Etym: [L. galerum a hat, cap: cf. F. galérite.](Paleon.)
Defn: A cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus Galerites.
GALICIANGa*li"cian, a. Etym: [Cf. Sp. Galiciano, Gallego, fr. L. Gallaecus,Gallaicus, fr. Gallaeci a people in Western Spain.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Galicia, in Spain, or to Galicia, the kingdom of Austrian Poland. — n.
Defn: A native of Galicia in Spain; — called also Gallegan.
GALILEANGal`i*le"an, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. SeeTelescope.
GALILEAN Gal`i*le"an, a. Etym: [L. Galilaeus, fr. Galilaea Galilee, Gr. galiléen.]
Defn: Of or relating to Galilee.
GALILEANGal`i*le"an, n.
1. A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine under the Romans.
2. (Jewish Hist.)
Defn: One of the party among the Jews, who opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; — called also Gaulonite.
3. A Christian in general; — used as a term of reproach by Mohammedans and Pagans. Byron.
GALILEE Gal"i*lee, n. Etym: [Supposed to have been so termed in allusion to the scriptural "Galilee of the Gentiles." cf. OF. galilée.] (Arch.)
Defn: A porch or waiting room, usually at the west end of an abbey church, where the monks collected on returning from processions, where bodies were laid previous to interment, and where women were allowed to see the monks to whom they were related, or to hear divine service. Also, frequently applied to the porch of a church, as at Ely and Durham cathedrals. Gwilt.
GALIMATIASGal`i*ma"tias, n. Etym: [F.]
Defn: Nonsense; gibberish; confused and unmeaning talk; confusedmixture.Her dress, like her talk, is a galimatias of several countries.Walpole.
GALINGALEGal"in*gale, n. Etym: [See Galangal.] (Bot.)
Defn: A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus. Chaucer. Meadow, set with slender galingale. Tennyson.
GALIOT Gal"i*ot, n. Etym: [OE. galiote, F. galiote. See Galley.] (Naut.) (a) A small galley, formerly used in the Mediterranean, built mainly for speed. It was moved both by sails and oars, having one mast, and sixteen or twenty seats for rowers. (b) A strong, light-draft, Dutch merchant vessel, carrying a mainmast and a mizzenmast, and a large gaff mainsail.
GALIPOT Gal"i*pot, n. Etym: [F. galipot; cf. OF. garipot the wild pine or pitch tree.]
Defn: An impure resin of turpentine, hardened on the outside of pine trees by the spontaneous evaporation of its essential oil. When purified, it is called yellow pitch, white pitch, or Burgundy pitch.
GALL Gall, n.Etym: [OE. galle, gal, AS. gealla; akin to D. gal, OS. & OHG. galla, Icel. gall, SW. galla, Dan. galde, L. fel, Gr. yellow. Yellow, and cf. Choler]
1. (Physiol.)
Defn: 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.
GALLGall, n. Etym: [F. galle, noix de galle, fr. L. galla.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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 (Zoöl.), any insect that produces galls. — Gall midge (Zoöl.), 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. (Zoöl.) See Gallfly.
GALLGall, v. t. (Dyeing)
Defn: To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts. Ure.
GALL Gall, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Galled; p. pr. & vb. n. Galling.] Etym: [OE. gallen; cf. F. galer to scratch, rub, gale scurf, scab, G. galle a disease in horses' feet, an excrescence under the tongue of horses; of uncertain origin. Cf. Gall gallnut.]
1. To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable. I am loth to gall a new-healed wound. Shak.
2. To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm. They that are most galled with my folly, They most must laugh. Shak.
3. To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy. In our wars against the French of old, we used to gall them with our longbows, at a greater distance than they could shoot their arrows. Addison.
GALLGall, v. i.
Defn: To scoff; to jeer. [R.] Shak.
GALLGall, n.
Defn: A wound in the skin made by rubbing.
GALLANT Gal"lant, a. Etym: [F. gallant, prop. p. pr. of OF. galer to rejoice, akin to OF. gale amusement, It. gala ornament; of German origin; cf. OHG. geil merry, luxuriant, wanton, G. geil lascivious, akin to AS. g wanton, wicked, OS. g merry, Goth. gailjan to make to rejoice, or perh. akin to E. weal. See Gala, Galloon.]
1. Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed. The town is built in a very gallant place. Evelyn. Our royal, good and gallant ship. Shak.
2. Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer. That gallant spirit hath aspired the clouds. Shak. The gay, the wise, the gallant, and the grave. Waller.
Syn. — Gallant, Courageous, Brave. Courageous is generic, denoting an inward spirit which rises above fear; brave is more outward, marking a spirit which braves or defies danger; gallant rises still higher, denoting bravery on extraordinary occasions in a spirit of adventure. A courageous man is ready for battle; a brave man courts it; a gallant man dashes into the midst of the conflict.
GALLANTGal*lant", a.
Defn: Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
GALLANTGal*lant", n.
1. A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood. Shak.
2. One fond of paying attention to ladies.
3. One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer. Addison.
Note: In the first sense it is by some orthoëpists (as inShakespeare) accented on the first syllable.
GALLANTGal*lant", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gallanted; p. pr. & vb. n.Gallanting.]
1. To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.
2. To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan. [Obs.] Addison.
GALLANTLYGal*lant"ly, adv.
Defn: In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or wooer.
GALLANTLYGal"lant*ly, adv.
Defn: In a gallant manner.
GALLANTNESSGal"lant*ness, n.
Defn: The quality of being gallant.
GALLANTRYGal"lant*ry, n.; pl. Gallantries. Etym: [F. galanterie.]
1. Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery. [Archaic] Guess the gallantry of our church by this . . . when the desk whereon the priest read was inlaid with plates of silver. Fuller.
2. Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry.
3. Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bed sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue.
4. Gallant persons, collectively. [R.] Helenus, Antenor, and all the gallantry of Troy. Shak.
Syn.— See Courage, and Heroism.
GALLATEGal"late, n. Etym: [Cf. F. gallate. See Gall gallnut.] (Chem.)
Defn: A salt of gallic acid.
GALLATUREGal"la*ture, n. Etym: [From L. gallus a cock.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The tread, treadle, or chalasa of an egg.
GALLEASS Gal"le*ass, n. Etym: [F. galéasse, galéace; cf. It. galeazza, Sp. galeaza; LL. galea a galley. See Galley.] (Naut.)
Defn: A large galley, having some features of the galleon, asbroadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations ofEurope in the 16th and 17th centuries. See Galleon, and Galley.[Written variously galeas, gallias, etc.]
Note: "The galleasses . . . were a third larger than the ordinary galley, and rowed each by three hundred galley slaves. They consisted of an enormous towering structure at the stern, a castellated structure almost equally massive in front, with seats for the rowers amidships." Motley.
GALLEGAN; GALLEGOGal*le"gan, Gal*le"go ( or ), n. Etym: [Sp. Gallego.]
Defn: A native or inhabitant of Galicia, in Spain; a Galician.
GALLEINGal"le*ïn, n. Etym: [Pyrogallol + phthaleïn.] (Chem.)
Defn: A red crystalline dyestuff, obtained by heating together pyrogallic and phthalic acids.
GALLEONGal"le*on, n. Etym: [Sp. galeon, cf. F. galion; fr. LL. galeo, galio.See Galley.] (Naut.)
Defn: A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel. The gallens . . . were huge, round-stemmed, clumsy vessels, with bulwarks three or four feet thick, and built up at stem and stern, like castels. Motley.
GALLEOTGal"le*ot, n. (Naut.)
Defn: See Galiot.
GALLERYGal"ler*y, n.; pl Galleries. Etym: [F. galerie, It. galleria, fr. LL.galeria gallery, perh. orig., a festal hall, banquetting hall; cf.OF. galerie a rejoicing, fr. galer to rejoice. Cf. Gallant, a.]
1. A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal.
2. A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc.
3. A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; — sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall.
4. (Naut.)
Defn: A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called stern galery or quarter gallry, — seldom found in vessels built since 1850.
5. (Fort.)
Defn: Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive galery.
6. (Mining)
Defn: A working drift or level. Whispering gallery. See underWhispering.
GALLETYLEGal"le*tyle, n. Etym: [OE. gallytile. Cf. Gallipot.]
Defn: A little tile of glazed earthenware. [Obs.] "The substance of galletyle." Bacon.
GALLEY Gal"ley, n.; pl. Galleys. Etym: [OE. gale, galeie (cf. OF. galie, galée, LL. galea, LGr.
1. (Naut.)
Defn: A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; as: (a) A large vessel for war and national purposes; — common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century. (b) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars. (c) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure. (d) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
Note: The typical galley of the Mediterranean was from one hundred to two hundred feet long, often having twenty oars on each side. It had two or three masts rigged with lateen sails, carried guns at prow and stern, and a complement of one thousand to twelve hundred men, and was very efficient in mediaeval walfare. Galleons, galliots, galleasses, half galleys, and quarter galleys were all modifications of this type.
2. The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; — sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
3. (Chem.)
Defn: An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
4. Etym: [F. galée; the same word as E. galley a vessel.] (Print.) (a) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc. (b) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof. Galley slave, a person condemned, often as a punishment for crime, to work at the oar on board a galley. "To toil like a galley slave." Macaulay.— Galley slice (Print.), a sliding false bottom to a large galley. Knight.
GALLEY-BIRDGal"ley-bird`, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker.[Prov. Eng.]
GALLEY-WORM Gal"ley-worm`, n. Etym: [Prob. so called because the numerous legs along the sides move rhythmically like the oars of a galley.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or "thousand legs." See Chilognatha.
GALLFLYGall"fly`, n.; pl. Gallflies (. (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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.
GALLIAMBICGal`li*am"bic, a. Etym: [L. galliambus a song used by the priests ofCybele; Gallus (a name applied to these priests) + iambus] (Pros.)
Defn: Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; — said of a kind of verse.
GALLIANGal"li*an, a. Etym: [See Gallic.]
Defn: Gallic; French. [Obs.] Shak.
GALLIARD Gal"liard, a. Etym: [OE., fr. F. gaillard, perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. galach valiant, or AS. gagol, geagl, wanton, lascivious.]
Defn: Gay; brisk; active. [Obs.]
GALLIARDGal"liard, n.
Defn: A brisk, gay man. [Obs.]Selden is a galliard by himself. Cleveland.
GALLIARD Gal"liard, n. Etym: [F. gaillarde, cf. Sp. gallarda. See Galliard, a.]
Defn: A gay, lively dance. Cf. Gailliarde.Never a hall such a galliard did grace. Sir. W. Scott.
GALLIARDISEGal`liard*ise, n. Etym: [F. gaillardise. See Galliard, a.]
Defn: Excessive gayety; merriment. [Obs.]The mirth and galliardise of company. Sir. T. Browne.
GALLIARDNESSGal"liard*ness, n.
Defn: Gayety. [Obs.] Gayton.
GALLIASSGal"li*ass, n.
Defn: Same as Galleass.
GALLICGal"lic, a. Etym: [From Gallium.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, gallium.
GALLICGal"lic (277), a. Etym: [From Gall the excrescence.]
Defn: 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.
GALLICGal"lic, a. Etym: [L. Gallicus belonging to the Gauls, fr. Galli theGauls, Gallia Gaul, now France: cf. F. gallique.]
Defn: Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican.
GALLICANGal"li*can, a. Etym: [L. Gallicanus: cf. F. gallican.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallic; French; as, theGallican church or clergy.
GALLICANGal"li*can, n.
Defn: An adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism. Shipley.
GALLICANISMGal"li*can*ism, n.
Defn: 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. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.
GALLICISMGal"li*cism, n. Etym: [F. gallicisme.]
Defn: A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom.
GALLICIZEGal"li*cize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gallicized; p. pr. & vb. n.Gallicizing.]
Defn: To conform to the French mode or idiom.
GALLIEDGal"lied, p. p. & a. (Naut.)
Defn: Worried; flurried; frightened. Ham. Nav. Encyc.
GALLIFORMGal"li*form, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like the Gallinae (or Galliformes) in structure.
GALLIGASKINSGal`li*gas"kins, n. pl. Etym: [Prob. corrupted fr. It. GrechescoGrecian, a name which seems to have been given in Venice, and to havebeen afterwards confused with Gascony, as if they came from Gascony.]
Defn: Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.
GALLIMATIAGal`li*ma"ti*a ( or ), n.
Defn: Senseless talk. [Obs. or R.] See Galimatias.
GALLIMAUFRY Gal`li*mau"fry, n.; pl. Gallimaufries. Etym: [F. galimafrée a sort of ragout or mixed hash of different meats.]
1. A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout. Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced meat. King.
2. Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch. The Mahometan religion, which, being a gallimaufry made up of many, partakes much of the Jewish. South.
GALLINGal"lin, n. (Chem.)
Defn: A substance obtained by the reduction of galleïn.
GALLINACEAEGal"li*nace*ae, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Gallinaceous.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Same as Gallinae.
GALLINACEANGal`li*na"cean, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds.
GALLINACEOUS Gal`li*na"ceous, a.Etym: [L. gallinaceus, fr. gallina hen, fr. gallus cock.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae.
GALLINAEGal*li"nae, n.; pl. Etym: [NL., fr. L. gallina a hen, gallus a cock.](Zoöl.)
Defn: An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; — sometimes called Rasores.
GALLINGGall"ing, a.
Defn: Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating.— Gall"ing*ly, adv.
GALLINIPPERGal"li*nip`per, n.
Defn: A large mosquito.
GALLINULEGal"li*nule, n. Etym: [L. gallinula chicken, dim. of gallina hen: cf.F. gallinule.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: 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).
Note: The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was formerly believed to be able to detect and report adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly domesticated by the ancients.
GALLIOTGal"li*ot, n.
Defn: See Galiot.
GALLIPOLI OILGal*lip"o*li oil`.
Defn: An inferior kind of olive oil, brought from Gallipoli, inItaly.
GALLIPOT Gal"li*pot, n. Etym: [Prob. fr. OD. gleypot, the first part of which is possibly akin to E. glad. See Glad, and Pot.]
Defn: A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines, etc.
GALLIUMGal"li*um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. L. Gallia France.] (Chem.)
Defn: 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
Note: The element was predicted with most of its properties, under the name ekaluminium, by the Russian chemist Mendelejeff, on the basis of the Periodic law. This prediction was verified in its discovery by the French chemist Lecoq de Boisbaudran by its characteristic spectrum (two violet lines), in an examination of a zinc blende from the Pyrenees.
GALLIVANTGal"li*vant, v. i. Etym: [From Gallant.]
Defn: To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan. [Slang] Dickens.
GALLIVATGal"li*vat, n.Etym: [Prob. fr. Pg. galeota; cf. E. galiot, galley.](Naut.)
Defn: A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, — used on theMalabar coast. A. Chalmers.
GALLIWASPGal"li*wasp`, n. Etym: [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoöl.)
Defn: A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous.
GALLIZEGal"lize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gallized; p. pr. & vb. n. Gallizing.][After Dr. L. Gall, a French chemist, who invented the process.]
Defn: In wine making, to add water and sugar to (unfermented grape juice) so as to increase the quantity of wine produced. — Gal`li*za"tion (#), n.
GALLNUTGall"nut`, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall.
GALLOMANIAGal`lo*ma"ni*a, n. Etym: [L. Galli Gauls + mania madness.]
Defn: An excessive admiration of what is French.— Gal`lo*ma"ni*ac, n.
GALLON Gal"lon, n. Etym: [OF galon, jalon, LL. galo, galona, fr. galum a liquid measure; cf. F. jale large bowl. Cf. Gill a measure.]
Defn: A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; — used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.
Note: The standart gallon of the Unites States contains 231 cubic inches, or 8.3389 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at its maximum density, and with the barometer at 30 inches. This is almost exactly equivalent to a cylinder of seven inches in diameter and six inches in height, and is the same as the old English wine gallon. The beer gallon, now little used in the United States, contains 282 cubic inches. The English imperial gallon contains 10 pounds avoirdupois of distilled water at 62
GALLOONGal*loon", n. Etym: [From F. or Sp. galon. See Gala. ]
1. A narrow tapelike fabric used for binding hats, shoes, etc., — sometimes made ornamental.
2. A similar bordering or binding of rich material, such as gold lace. Silver and gold galloons, with the like glittering gewgaws. Addison.
GALLOONEDGal*looned`, a.
Defn: Furnished or adorned with galloon.
GALLOP Gal"lop, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Galloped; p. pr. & vb. n. Galloping.] Etym: [OE. galopen, F. galoper, of German origin; cf. assumed Goth. ga-hlaupan to run, OHG. giloufen, AS. gehleápan to leap, dance, fr. root of E. leap, and a prefix; or cf. OFlem. walop a gallop. See Leap, and cf. 1st Wallop.]
1. To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed. But gallop lively down the western hill. Donne.
2. To ride a horse at a gallop.
3. Fig.: To go rapidly or carelessly, as in making a hasty examination. Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it. Locke.
GALLOPGal"lop, v. t.
Defn: To cause to gallop.
GALLOPGal"lop, n. Etym: [Cf. F. galop. See Gallop, v. i., and cf. Galop.]
Defn: A mode of running by a quadruped, particularly by a horse, by lifting alternately the fore feet and the hind feet, in successive leaps or bounds. Hand gallop, a slow or gentle gallop.
GALLOPADEGal"lo*pade`, n. Etym: [F. galopade. See Gallop, n.]
1. I horsemanship, a sidelong or curveting kind of gallop.
2. A kind of dance; also, music to the dance; a galop.
GALLOPADEGal`lo*pade", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gallopaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Gallopading.]
1. To gallop, as on horseback.
2. To perform the dance called gallopade.
GALLOPERGal"lop*er, n.
1. One who, or that which, gallops.
2.
(Mil.)
Defn: A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted, the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber. Farrow. Galloper gun, a light gun, supported on a galloper, — formerly attached to British infantry regiments.
GALLOPINGal"lo*pin, n.Etym: [F. galopin. See Gallop, v. i.]
Defn: An under servant for the kitchen; a scullion; a cook's errand boy. [Obs.] Halliwell.
GALLOPINGGal"lop*ing, a.
Defn: Going at a gallop; progressing rapidly; as, a galloping horse.
GALLOTANNICGal`lo*tan"nic, a. Etym: [Gall nutgall + tannic.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to the tannin or nutgalls. Gallotannic acid. SeeTannic acid, under Tannic.
GALLOWGal"low, v. t. Etym: [Cf. AS. agelwan to stupefy.]
Defn: To fright or terrify. See Gally, v. t. [Obs.] Shak.
GALLOWAYGal"lo*way, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small horse of a breed raised at Galloway, Scotland; — called also garran, and garron.
GALLOWGLASSGal"low*glass`, n. Etym: [Ir. galloglach. Cf. Gillie.]
Defn: A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward Shak.
GALLOWS Gal"lows, n. sing.; pl. Gallowses or Gallows. Etym: [OE. galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. galgi, Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded by a; as, a gallows.]
1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything. So they hanged Haman on the gallows. Esther vii. 10. If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows. Shak. O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses Shak.
2. A wretch who deserves the gallows. [R.] Shak.
3. (Print.)
Defn: The rest for the tympan when raised.
4. pl.
Defn: A pair of suspenders or braces. [Colloq.] Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.] — Gallows bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships on deck for supporting spare spars; — called also gallows, gallows top, gallows frame, etc. — Gallows frame. (a) The frame supporting the beam of an engine. (b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts. — Gallows, or Gallow tree, the gallows. At length him nailéd on a gallow tree. Spenser.
GALLSTONEGall"stone`, n.
Defn: A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See Calculus, n., 1.
GALLYGal"ly, v. t. Etym: [See Gallow, v. t.]
Defn: To frighten; to worry. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] T. Brown.
GALLYGall"y, a.
Defn: Like gall; bitter as gall. Cranmer.
GALLYGal"ly, n.
Defn: See Galley, n., 4.
GALLYGASKINSGal`ly*gas"kins, n. pl.
Defn: See Galligaskins.
GALOCHE; GALOSHEGa*loche", Ga*loshe" (, Etym: [OE. galoche, galache, galage, shoe, F.galoche galoche, perh. altered fr. L. gallica a Gallic shoe, or fr.LL. calopedia wooden shoe, or shoe with a wooden sole, Gr.
1. A clog or patten. [Obs.] Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche. Chaucer.
2. Hence: An overshoe worn in wet weather.
3. A gaiter, or legging, covering the upper part of the shoe and part of the leg.
GALOOTGa*loot", n.
Defn: A noisy, swaggering, or worthless fellow; a rowdy. [Slang, U.S.]
GALOPGal"op, n. Etym: [F.] (Mus.)
Defn: A kind of lively dance, in 2-4 time; also, the music to the dance.
GALORE Ga*lore", n. & a. Etym: [Scot. gelore, gilore, galore, fr. Gael. gu leòr, enough; gu- to, also an adverbial prefix + leòr, leòir, enough; or fr. Ir. goleor, the same word.]
Defn: Plenty; abundance; in abundance.
GALOSHGa*losh", n.
1. Same as Galoche, Galoshe.
2. A strip of material, as leather, running around a shoe at and above the sole, as for protection or ornament.
GALOSHEGa*loshe", n.
Defn: Same as Galoche.
GALPEGalpe, v. i.
Defn: To gape,; to yawn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
GALSOMEGal"some, a. Etym: [Gall bitterness + some.]
Defn: Angry; malignant. [Obs.] Bp. Morton.
GALTGalt, n Etym: [See Gault.]
Defn: Same as Gault.
GALVANICGal*van"ic, a. Etym: [From Galvani, a professor of physiology atBologna, on account of his connection (about 1780) with the discoveryof dynamical or current electricity: cf. F. galvanique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents. Galvanic battery (Elec.), an apparatus for generating electrical currents by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; — now usually called voltaic battery. See Battery. — Galvanic circuit or circle. (Elec.) See under Circuit. — Galvanic pile (Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under Voltaic.
GALVANISM Gal"va*nism, n Etym: [From Galvani: cf. F. galvanisme. See Galvanic.] (Physics) (a) Electricity excited by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; dynamical electricity. (b) The branch of physical science which treats of dynamical elecricity, or the properties and effects of electrical currents.
Note: The words galvanism and galvanic, formerly in very general use, are now rarely employed. For the latter, voltaic, from the name of Volta, is commonly used.
GALVANISTGal"va*nist, n.
Defn: One versed in galvanism.
GALVANIZATIONGal"va*niza`tion, n.
Defn: The act of process of galvanizing.
GALVANIZEGal"va*nize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Galvanized; p pr. & vb. n.Galvanizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. galvaniser.]
1. To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical currents.
2. To plate, as with gold, silver, etc., by means of electricity.
3. To restore to consciousness by galvanic action (as from a state of suspended animation); hence, to stimulate or excite to a factitious animation or activity.
4. To coat, as iron, with zinc. See Galvanized iron. Galvanized iron, formerly, iron coated with zink by electrical deposition; now more commonly, iron coated with zink by plunging into a bath of melted zink, after its surface has been cleaned by friction with the aid of dilute acid.
GALVANIZERGal"va*ni`zer, n.
Defn: One who, or that which, galvanize.
GALVANOCAUSTICGal*van`o*caus"tic, a. Etym: [Galvanic + caustic.]
Defn: Relating to the use of galvanic heat as a caustic, especially in medicine.
GALVANOCAUTERYGal*van`o*cau"ter*y, n. (Med.)
Defn: Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the passage of a galvanic current.
GALVANOGLYPHYGal`va*nog"ly*phy, n. Etym: [Galvanic + Gr.
Defn: Same as Glyphography.
GALVANOGRAPHGal*van"o*graph, n. Etym: [Galvanic + -graph.] (Engraving)
Defn: A copperplate produced by the method of galvanography; also, a picture printed from such a plate.
GALVANOGRAPHICGal*van`o*graph"ic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to galvanography.
GALVANOGRAPHYGal`va*nog"ra*phy, n. Etym: [Galvanic + -graphy.]
1. The art or process of depositing metals by electricity; electrotypy.
2. A method of producing by means of electrotyping process (without etching) copperplates which can be printed from in the same manner as engraved plates.
GALVANOLOGISTGal`va*nol"o*gist, n.
Defn: One who describes the phenomena of galvanism; a writer on galvanism.
GALVANOLOGYGal`va*nol"o*gy n. Etym: [Galvanic + -logy.]
Defn: A treatise on galvanism, or a description of its phenomena.
GALVANOMETERGal`va*nom"e*ter, n. Etym: [Galvanic + -meter: cf. F. galvanomètre.](Elec.)
Defn: An instrument or apparatus for measuring the intensity of an electric current, usually by the deflection of a magnetic needle. Differential galvanometer. See under Differental, a. — Sine galvanometer, Cosine galvanometer, Tangent galvanometer (Elec.), a galvanometer in which the sine, cosine, or tangent respectively, of the angle through which the needle is deflected, is proportional to the strength of the current passed through the instrument.
GALVANOMETRICGal*van`o*met"ric, a.
Defn: Of, pertaining to, or measured by, a galvanometer.
GALVANOMETRYGal`va*nom"e*try, n.
Defn: The art or process of measuring the force of electric currents.
GALVANOPLASTICGal*van`o*plas"tic, a. Etym: [Galvanic + -plastic.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to the art or process of electrotyping; employing, or produced by, the process of electolytic deposition; as, a galvano-plastic copy of a medal or the like.
GALVANOPLASTYGal*van"o*plas`ty, n. Etym: [Cf. F. galanoplastie.]