GALLANT
GAL'LANT, adjective [Eng. could; Latin gallus, a cock.]1. Gay; well dressed; showy; splendid; magnificent.Neither shall gallant ships pass thereby. Isaiah 33:21.The gay, the wis...
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American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.
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GALLANTLY
GAL'LANTLY, adverb Gaily; splendidly.1. Bravely; nobly; heroically; generously; as, to fight gallantly; to defend a place gallantly
GALLANTNESS
GAL'LANTNESS, noun Elegance or completeness of an acquired qualification.
GALLANTRY
GAL'LANTRY, noun1. Splendor of appearance; show; magnificence; ostentatious finery. [Obsolete or obsolescent.]2. Bravery; courageousness; heroism; intrepidity. The troops entere...
GALLATE
GAL'LATE, noun [from gall.] A neutral salt formed by the gallic acid combined with a base.
GALLBLADDER
GALLBLADDER, noun A small membranous sack, shaped like a pear, which receives the bile from the liver by the cystic duct.
GALLEASS
GAL'LEASS. [See Galeas.]
GALLED
GALL'ED, participle passive [See Gall, the verb.] Having the skin or surface worn or torn by wearing or rubbing; fretted; teased; injured; vexed.
GALLEON
GAL'LEON, noun A large ship formerly used by the Spaniards, in their commerce with South America, usually furnished with four decks.
GALLEOT
GALLEOT, [See Galiot.]
GALLERY
GAL'LERY, noun1. In architecture, a covered part of a building, commonly in the wings, used as an ambulatory or place for walking.2. An ornamental walk or apartment in gardens, ...
GALLETYLE
GAL'LETYLE, noun Gallipot.
GALLEY
GAL'LEY, nounplural galleys. [Latin galea. The Latin word signifies a helmet, the top of a mast, and a galley; and the name of this vessel seems to have been derived from the he...
GALLEY-SLAVE
GAL'LEY-SLAVE, noun A person condemned for a crime to work at the oar on board of a galley.
GALLEYFOIST
GAL'LEYFOIST, noun A barge of state.
GALLFLY
GALL'FLY, noun The insect that punctures plants and occasions galls; the cynips.
GALLIARD
GAL'LIARD, adjective Gay; brisk; active.GAL'LIARD, noun A brisk, gay man; also, a lively dance.
GALLIARDISE
GAL'LIARDISE, noun Merriment; excessive gayety.
GALLIARDNESS
GAL'LIARDNESS, noun Gayety.
GALLIC
GAL'LIC, adjective [From Gallia, Gaul.] Now pertaining to Gaul or France.GAL'LIC, adjective [from gall.] Belonging to galls or oak apples; derived from galls; as the gallic acid.
GALLICAN
GAL'LICAN, adjective [Latin gallicus, from Gallia, Gaul.] Pertaining to Gaul or France; as the gallican church or clergy.
GALLICISM
GAL'LICISM, noun A mode of speech peculiar to the French nation; an idiomatic manner of using words in the French language.
GALLIGASKINS
GALLIGAS'KINS, noun Large open hose; used only in ludicrous language.
GALLIMAUFRY
GAL'LIMAUFRY, noun A hash; a medley; a hodge-podge. [Little used.]1. Any inconsistent or ridiculous medley.2. A woman. [Not in used.]
GALLINACEOUS
GALLINA'CEOUS, adjective [Latin gallinaceus, from gallina, a hen, gallus, a cock, whose name is from crowing; Eng. to call.]1. Designating that order of fowls called gallinoe, i...
GALLING
GALL'ING, participle present tense [See Gall, the verb.]1. Fretting the skin; excoriating.2. Adapted to fret or chagrin; vexing.
GALLINULE
GAL'LINULE, noun [Latin gallinula, dim. of gallina, a hen.]A tribe of fowls of the grallic order, included under the genus Fulica, with the coot.