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hofe or breeches 3, having their name from their being ufed 
by the Gafcoigns. 
ALLIMATHIAS, a dark, perplexed difcourfe, 
where words and a are huddled together, fo as to make 
an inconceivable jar 
‘ord is Wrench, formed, as fome will have it, from 
pa! ae which fionifies diverfity of {ciences ; hecaule fuch 
as have their memory burdened with feveral ds of {ci- 
ences, are ulually confufed, and exprefs themfelves ill. 
Huet rather nae the word gallimathias 
origin with alibenum; and “to have firft arifen at the time 
bie all the pleadings at the bar were in Latin. There was 
caufe, it feems, upon das pela t, about acock, belonging 
othe plaintiff Matthias counfel in the heat of his 
ame 
feos o blunder inftead of fay ing gallus Matthia, 
faid galli Maithias ; Lig at eats became a general name 
for all confufed, cenbroile langua age and "dileourte, 
GALLIMAWFRY, a ragou, hatche, or hotch-pot, 
made of the remains of feveral kinds of meats. 
The word is Fr ench, gallimafrée, which fignifies the fame. 
Hence the word is alfo ufed in a figurative fenfe for a 
piece, or ae of feveral different parts, ill —— 
and embarrafle 
eee 
The Otis, 
Me leagris, pe Crax, Phafianus, 
Numida, and Tetrac, eae to this 
GALL EOUS, the name ore a f{pecies of birds of 
the pheafant kind, including the common cock and hen, the 
characters o ch are thefe. The beak is fhort, ftrong, 
and a ae crooked, proper for the picking up of corn, 
which is the foo the whole fpecies; the i 
large, thick fe flefhy ; the wings are {hort and hollowed, 
and not calculated for much flying ; they all breed a nume- 
rous progeny ; they build on the ground ; the young are not 
fed by the parent, but immediately fhift for themfelves ; and 
fome have rong fpurs behind their legs. See Cock, Fowr, 
and Poutt 
GALLINAGINIS Caput, in Anatomy. See Cap 
~GALLINAGO, a general name for heath fowls, as the 
wood-cock, f{nipe, &c. See ScoLopax. 
GALLINAGO Minor. See Scotopax and Sniper. See 
alfo Ratuus. 
GAL INARE, in Googe apy, a {mall ifland in the 
Mediterranean, near the c noa; 10 mi iles S. of 
_ a lat. ie El oie, . ae 
LINAS, See Biss 
GALLINA ZO, i in, Orie, es Mss Mura. 
‘GALLINE, in Schthyolegy, a name giv the Mai- 
filians to the flying -fth, called by authors pe aa lucerna. 
See Tricia /ucern 
ALLINE, in Cul hy, ariver of America, which runs 
into lake Michigan. N, lat. 42 23’. W. long. 86° 21'. 
GALLING, in Medicine, inflammation and excoriation 
of the fikin Py friction INTERTRIGO 
G » Sir ican in Bingraply, a native of f Italy, 
a ae ed f fee dane cer and dancing-mafter, fome time. 
patentee of the Opera houfe, and aeeys poy of the 
$1 
angue, by often repeating cs words gellus and Matthias, 
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raed rooms in Hanover-{quare, from the time that he fitted 
1em up for Bachand Abel’s{ubfcription concerts tillhisdeath. 
never re- 
a to have a to any other dan 
ind, in a collection of ih Hirett, 0 or bee books of 
the oh t e performe 
ndr 
He ha me “tale $s in the operas ¢ 0 
inda”’ me “Ciro Ri eae. ” of the fam 
re Clemenza di Tito,’ 1760, ail compofed b 
In 1761 Gherardi was ballet-maiter and principal dancer at 
the Opera. But in 1762, Gailini’s name appears again in 
he opera books; and in 1763, in the comic operas of “La 
Calamita de’ Cuori,”’ and “ La Finta Spofa,” in which the 
e a 
dancing with the Affelin. After this his name no iene ap 
P 
pr. aie oa 
i cane ter his ae celebrity at the Opes 
houfe that ie marsied re? Elizabeth Bertie, fifter of - baie 
n 1760, and h u 
ord Abingdon, celebrated: at Geneva by Volta 
i not in England at the time of his fitec ee 
etty’s marriage with Galliai ; 3; who, admitted at firfl as 
dancing-mafter, by his vivacity, talents, knowledge of the 
Italian language, and manners, fo infinuated himfelf into the. 
favour of. this noble family, as foon to imma as amica 
della oe ea be toac clo fer a 
any ridiculous ftories were in Gone the time, of 
Signor Callin?” 8 expectations of the honours whi ch would 
accrue to him by his marriage into a noble family ; which he. 
im scar would confer on him'the title of my lord. But he 
was foon convinced of his miftake, and content with an infe- 
rior title : : for when the marr 
d to be in the paflage near the lady who 
e, fays, * Luftrifima, fon io.’’—* And who are you?” 
demanded the lady ; ‘¢ Eudenza, mi chiamo Signor Gallini’ 
Efquoire.??  * 
This match, ¢ as is spa with fuch difproportioned alliances, 
permanent felicity. ey lived afun~ 
ag Elizabeth died in the courfe of the 
der many ae 
= 
By his great anche at the theatre, and fafhion as a’ 
ancing-maiter at the principal {chools and houfes of the no-. 
bility and gentry, he, with unwearied diligence and excefflive. 
glee mony, had accumulated a fortune fufficient to purchafe 
1786 the patent of the Opera houfe, when he became fole 
capris of that theatre. 
was after this period, in going to Italy to engage per- 
formers, that he obtained his title at Rome of the pope, who 
made him. ‘Cavaliere del fperon d’ Oro,” knight i the 
golden 
