gall

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gall1 /gɔːl/

▶noun

• 1 bold and impudent behaviour.

• 2 an animal's gall bladder.

  ■ archaic the contents of the gall bladder; bile.

• 3 bitterness or cruelty: life's gall.

– origin OE gealla (denoting bile), of Gmc origin.

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gall2 /gɔːl/

▶noun

• 1 annoyance or resentment.

• 2 a sore on the skin made by chafing.

▶verb

• 1 make annoyed or resentful.

• 2 make sore by chafing.

– derivatives
galling adjective,
gallingly adverb.

– origin OE gealle ‘sore on a horse’, perh. rel. to gall1.

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gall3 /gɔːl/

▶noun an abnormal growth formed in response to the presence of insect larvae, mites, or fungi on plants and trees, especially oaks.

■ [as modifier] denoting insects or mites that produce galls.

– origin ME: via OFr. from L. galla.

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gall.

▶abbreviation gallon(s).