Gall Definition

gôl
galled, galls
noun
galls

Bile.

Webster's New World
The gallbladder.
Webster's New World
A skin sore caused by friction and abrasion.
A saddle gall.
American Heritage
Outrageous insolence; effrontery.
After borrowing my car, he had the gall to complain about its seats.
American Heritage
Something bitter to endure.
The gall of defeat.
American Heritage
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verb
galled, galls
To irritate; annoy; vex.
Webster's New World
To injure or make sore by rubbing; chafe.
Webster's New World
To become sore from rubbing or chafing.
Webster's New World
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Origin of Gall

  • Middle English galle gallbladder, bile, courage from Old English gealla, galla bile ghel-2 in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English galle from Old English gealla possibly from Latin galla nutgall

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Middle English galle from Old French from Latin galla nutgall

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Gall Sentence Examples

  • By this means a gall is produced on the under side of the leaf.

  • How did men have the gall to criticize women for being talkative?

  • This virus causes the rapid enlargement and subdivision of the cells affected by it, so as to form the tissues of the gall.

  • Again, galls may afford harbour to insects which are not essentially gall-feeders, as in the case of the Curculio beetle Conotrachelius nenuphar, Hbst., of which one brood eats the fleshy part of the plum and peach, and another lives in the " black knot " of the plum-tree, regarded by Walsh as probably a true cecidomyidous gall.

  • As regards the mode of production of galls, the most important distinction is between galls that result from the introduction of an egg, or other matter, into the interior of the plant, and those that are due to an agent acting externally, the gall in the latter case frequently growing in such a manner as ultimately to enclose its producers.

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Words Starting With

GGAGAL

Words Ending With

LLLALL

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4 Letter Words4 Letter Words Starting With G4 Letter Words Ending With L