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gally

noun

Etymology

From Middle English gally, from Old English gealliġ (“sour, sharp, bitter, sad”), equivalent to gall + -y.

  1. inherited from gealliġ — “sour, sharp, bitter, sad”
  2. inherited from gally

Definitions

  1. Archaic form of galley.

    • In the Year 1746, an Indian of Buenos Ayres having been condemned to the Gallies at Cadiz, proposed to the Governor to purchase his Liberty by exposing his Life at a public Festival.

  2. Characterised by or resembling gall

    Characterised by or resembling gall; bitter.

    • For by the Dart, which is likewise a pipe, is made a deep passage into the skin, and then by the anger of the Fly, is his gally poisonous liquor injected […].

  3. To frighten, spook

    To frighten, spook; to appall; to worry.

    • April 8 1700, Tom Brown, letter to Mr. Briscoe in Covent-Garden The next Day being Sunday, call'd by the Natives of this Country Maze Sunday, (and indeed not without some Reason, for the People look'd as if they were gallied) […]
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Diminutive of gal (“girl”).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA