gall
gall (gôl)
gall (gôl)
noun
- a sore on the skin, esp. of a horse's back, caused by rubbing or chafing
- irritation or annoyance, or a cause of this
Etymology: ME galle < OE gealla < L galla: see gall
transitive verb
- to injure or make sore by rubbing; chafe
- to irritate; annoy; vex
Etymology: ME gallen < the n. (or < OFr galer, to scratch < galle < L galla)
intransitive verb
Rare to become sore from rubbing or chafing
gall (gôl)
gall
n.
Spite
cynicism, rancor, bitterness; see bitterness 2, malice.*Impudence
effrontery, insolence, temerity, impertinence; see rudeness. See syn. study at temerity.
Preposition: of
- bitterness: Are ye brought to the conviction of this, that ye are in the gall of bitterness?
Converse of object
- induce: Two species of rust fungus occur on juniper, and these induce galls to form on the stems and twigs.
- have: I am not sure quite why I had the gall to complain - well, I wasn't really, just laughing at myself!
- cause: Instead, it is a pathogen that causes stem galls on a wide range of plants.
- produce: It produces large fleshy galls up to 7cms in diameter on the leaves.
- find: New galls found on oaks in the spring can be bright green but quickly become brown and very hard.
- form: They're galls formed by the larvae of tiny wasps, which lay their eggs on oak leaves.
Adjective modifier
- cynipid: I have used cynipid galls in ecological studies for over 13 years.
Modifies a noun
- bladder: The gall bladder is a storage site for bile.
- wasp: All the invading gall wasp species in the UK are also native to the same region.
- fod: Yn olaf, gall datganiadau meincnod pwnc fod yn un o nifer o bwyntiau cyfeirio sy'n cael eu defnyddio at ddibenion adolygiad allanol.
- midge: The main problem is fireblight, but caterpillars, aphids, gall midges, honey fungus, rust and powdery mildew may give problems.
- mite: The leaf surface may have ' blisters ' caused by a gall -forming mite.
- ink: Iron gall ink is probably the most important ink in Western history.
Noun used with modifier
- crown: However, this is the first report of the crown gall on apricot trees grown in Turkey.
- y: Nid yw hwn yn fater y gall y Blaid Lafur fod yn fodlon ag ef, ac ni all ymfalchïo ynddo ychwaith.
- oak: One was a mixture of iron salt and oak galls, which tended to burn into the paper, and become brown with age.
- leaf: Honey fungus and coral spot may affect the plant, but occasional leaf gall is not a major problem.
- iron: This was also dangerous for already brittle areas of iron gall ink.
- plant: Plant gall species reached 68 which is more than double last year.
Thy rebukehath brokenmy heart;Iam full of heaviness: I looked for some to have pity on me, but there was no man, neither found I any to comfort me. They gave me gall to eat: and when I was thirsty they gave me vinegar to drink.
And Isaid,My strengthand my hope isperished fromthe L: Remembering mine affliction and my misery, the wormwood and the gall.
