Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Galloway

Gal″lo‐way (?), n.(Zoöl.) A small horse of a breed raised at Galloway, Scotland; — called also garran, and garron.

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Gallowglass

Gal″low‐glass′ (?), n. [Ir. galloglach. Cf. Gillie.] A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward � Shak.

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Gallows

Gal″lows (?), n. sing.; pl.Gallowses (#) orGallows. [OE. galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. gālgi, Sw. &...

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Gallstone

Gall″stone′ (?), n. A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See Calculus, n., 1.

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Gally

Gal″ly (?), v. t. [See Gallow, v. t.] To frighten; to worry. T. Brown.

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Gally (2)

Gall″y (?), a. Like gall; bitter as gall. Cranmer.

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Gally (3)

Gal″ly (?), n. See Galley, n., 4.

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Gallygaskins

Gal′ly‐gas″kins, n. pl. See Galligaskins.

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Galoche

Ga‐loche″, Ga‐loshe″ (�), [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 w...

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Galoot

Ga‐loot″ (?), n. A noisy, swaggering, or worthless fellow; a rowdy.

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Galop

Gal″op (?), n.(Mus.) A kind of lively dance, in 2-4 time; also, the music to the dance.

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Galore

Ga‐lore″ (?), n. & a. [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.] Plenty...

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Galosh

Ga‐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.

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Galoshe (2)

Ga‐loshe″ (?), n. Same as Galoche.

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Galpe

Galpe (?), v. i. To gape,; to yawn. Chaucer.

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Galsome

Gal″some (?), a. [Gall bitterness + some.] Angry; malignant. Bp. Morton.

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Galt

Galt (?), n. [See Gault.] Same as Gault.

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Galvanic

Gal‐van″ic (?), a. [From Galvani, a professor of physiology at Bologna, on account of his connection (about 1780) with the discovery of dynamical or current electricity: cf. F. ...

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Galvanism

Gal″va‐nism (?), n. [From Galvani: cf. F. galvanisme. See Galvanic.] (Physics) (a) Electricity excited by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; dynamical electricity....

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Galvanist

Gal″va‐nist (?), n. One versed in galvanism.

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Galvanization

Gal″va‐niza′tion (?), n. The act of process of galvanizing.

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Galvanize

Gal″va‐nize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Galvanized (?); p pr. & vb. n.Galvanizing (?).] [Cf. F. galvaniser.] 1. To affect with galvanism; to subject to the action of electrical curr...

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Galvanizer

Gal″va‐ni′zer (?), n. One who, or that which, galvanize.

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Galvanocaustic

Gal‐van′o‐caus″tic (?), a. [Galvanic + caustic.] Relating to the use of galvanic heat as a caustic, especially in medicine.

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Galvanocautery

Gal‐van′o‐cau″ter‐y (?), n.(Med.) Cautery effected by a knife or needle heated by the passage of a galvanic current.

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Galvanoglyphy

Gal′va‐nog″ly‐phy (?), n. [Galvanic + Gr. � to engrave.] Same as Glyphography.

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Galvanograph

Gal‐van″o‐graph (?), n. [Galvanic + -graph.] (Engraving) A copperplate produced by the method of galvanography; also, a picture printed from such a plate.