Gall
Word | GALL |
Character | 4 |
Hyphenation | gall |
Pronunciations | /ɡɑl/ |
Definitions and meanings of "Gall"
What do we mean by gall?
Outrageous insolence; effrontery. noun
Bitterness of feeling; rancor. noun
Something bitter to endure. noun
A skin sore caused by friction and abrasion. noun
Exasperation; vexation. noun
The cause of such vexation. noun
To irk or exasperate; vex. intransitive verb
To wear away or make sore by abrasion; chafe. intransitive verb
To become worn or sore by abrasion. intransitive verb
An abnormal growth of plant tissue caused by an organism, such as an insect, mite, or bacterium, or by a wound. noun
A small silver coin of Cambodia, worth about fourpence. noun
A vegetable excrescence produced by the deposit of the egg of an insect in the bark or leaves of a plant, ordinarily due to the action of some virus deposited by the female along with the egg, but often to the irritation of the larva. noun
An excrescence on or under the skin of a mammal or a bird, produced by the puncture of an acarid or of an insect of the dipterous genus Œstrus. Encyc. Brit. noun
A distortion in a plant caused by a species of parasitic fungus. noun
A sore on the skin, caused by fretting or rubbing; an excoriation. noun
A fault, imperfection, or blemish. Halliwell. Prov. Eng. noun
In stone- and marble-cutting, a hollow made in the surface of a slab by changing the direction of the cut. noun
Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
The gall bladder.
Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
A feeling of exasperation.
Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
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