Gale (n.) A moderate current of air; a breeze.
Gale (n.) A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity.
Gale (v. i.) To sale, or sail fast.
Gale (n.) A song or story.
Gale (v. i.) To sing.
Gale (n.) 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.
Gale (n.) The payment of a rent or annuity.
Galea (n.) The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.
Galea (n.) A kind of bandage for the head.
Galea (n.) Headache extending all over the head.
Galea (n.) A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell.
Galea (n.) The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects.
Galeas (n.) See Galleass.
Galeate (a.) Alt. of Galeated
Galeated (a.) Wearing a helmet; protected by a helmet; covered, as with a helmet.
Galeated (a.) Helmeted; having a helmetlike part, as a crest, a flower, etc.; helmet-shaped.
Galei (n. pl.) That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks.
Galena (n.) A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca.
Galena (n.) Lead sulphide; the principal ore of lead. It is of a bluish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage.
Galenic (a.) Alt. of Galenical
Galenical (a.) Pertaining to, or containing, galena.
Galenic (an.) Alt. of Galenical
Galenical (an.) Relating to Galen or to his principles and method of treating diseases.
Galenism (n.) The doctrines of Galen.
Galenist (n.) A follower of Galen.
Galenite (n.) Galena; lead ore.
Gale-opithecus (n.) A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. See Colugo.
Galericu-late (a.) Covered as with a hat or cap.
Galerite (n.) A cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus Galerites.
Galician (a.) Of or pertaining to Galicia, in Spain, or to Galicia, the kingdom of Austrian Poland.
Galician (n.) A native of Galicia in Spain; -- called also Gallegan.
Galilean (a.) Of or pertaining to Galileo; as, the Galilean telescope. See Telescope.
Galilean (a.) Of or relating to Galilee.
Galilean (n.) A native or inhabitant of Galilee, the northern province of Palestine under the Romans.
Galilean (n.) One of the party among the Jews, who opposed the payment of tribute to the Romans; -- called also Gaulonite.
Galilean (n.) A Christian in general; -- used as a term of reproach by Mohammedans and Pagans.
Galilee (n.) 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.
Galimatias (n.) Nonsense; gibberish; confused and unmeaning talk; confused mixture.
Galingale (n.) A plant of the Sedge family (Cyperus longus) having aromatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus.
Galiot (n.) 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.
Galiot (n.) A strong, light-draft, Dutch merchant vessel, carrying a mainmast and a mizzenmast, and a large gaff mainsail.
Galipot (n.) 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 (n.) 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.
Gall (n.) The gall bladder.
Gall (n.) Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor.
Gall (n.) Impudence; brazen assurance.
Gall (n.) 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.
Gall (v. t.) To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts.
Galled (imp. & p. p.) of Gall
Galling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gall
Gall (v. t.) 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.
Gall (v. t.) To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm.
Gall (v. t.) To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy.
Gall (v. i.) To scoff; to jeer.
Gall (n.) A wound in the skin made by rubbing.
Gallant (a.) Showy; splendid; magnificent; gay; well-dressed.
Gallant (a.) Noble in bearing or spirit; brave; high-spirited; courageous; heroic; magnanimous; as, a gallant youth; a gallant officer.
Gallant (a.) Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.
Gallant (n.) A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood.
Gallant (n.) One fond of paying attention to ladies.
Gallant (n.) One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.
Gallanted (imp. & p. p.) of Gallant
Gallanting (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gallant
Gallant (v. t.) To attend or wait on, as a lady; as, to gallant ladies to the play.
Gallant (v. t.) To handle with grace or in a modish manner; as, to gallant a fan.
Gallantly (adv.) In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or wooer.
Gallantly (adv.) In a gallant manner.
Gallantness (n.) The quality of being gallant.
Gallantries (pl. ) of Gallantry
Gallantry (n.) Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery.
Gallantry (n.) Bravery; intrepidity; as, the troops behaved with great gallantry.
Gallantry (n.) Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bad sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue.
Gallantry (n.) Gallant persons, collectively.
Gallate (n.) A salt of gallic acid.
Gallature (n.) The tread, treadle, or chalasa of an egg.
Galleass (n.) A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See Galleon, and Galley.
Gallegan (n.) Alt. of Gallego
Gallego (n.) A native or inhabitant of Galicia, in Spain; a Galician.
Gallein (n.) A red crystalline dyestuff, obtained by heating together pyrogallic and phthalic acids.
Galleon (n.) 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.
Galleot (n.) See Galiot.
Galleries (pl. ) of Gallery
Gallery (a.) 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.
Gallery (a.) A room for the exhibition of works of art; as, a picture gallery; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc.
Gallery (a.) 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.
Gallery (a.) A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called stern gallery or quarter gallery, -- seldom found in vessels built since 1850.
Gallery (a.) Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a defensive gallery.
Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.
Galletyle (n.) A little tile of glazed earthenware.
Galleys (pl. ) of Galley
Galley (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not
Galley (n.) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century.
Galley (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars.
Galley (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
Galley (n.) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
Galley (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
Galley (n.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
Galley (n.) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
Galley (n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
Galley-bird (n.) The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker.