gall

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1. gall - Noun

2. gall - Verb

3. Gall - Proper noun

Meaning

The gall bladder.

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.

Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor.

Impudence; brazen assurance.

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.

To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts.

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.

To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm.

To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy.

A wound in the skin made by rubbing.

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Love is very fruitful both of honey and gall. Plautus

He had a theory, Walt did, that the religious life, and all the agony that goes with it, is just something God sics on people who have the gall to accuse Him of having created an ugly world. J. D. Salinger

Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail. Francis Quarles

Everything tastes bitter to him with gall in his mouth. Russian Proverb

Honeyed speech often conceals poison and gall. Danish Proverb

A little gall spoils much honey. Portuguese Proverb

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