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gait 
To cheat the gall 
gallows (gal'oz _ 
dial, use of gallows, ., as a word of vague em- 
phasis.] Reckless ; dashing ; showy. [Prov. 
Eng. and U. S.] 
Look what a gallus walk she's got ! 
of gall ; angry; malignant. 
Such accusations . . . any vulgar man may . . . cry 
out upon, and condemn both of galsome bitterness and of 
wilful fraud and falsehood. 
Bp. Morton, Discharge of Imput. (1633), p. 210. 
A Glance at New York. g a ll- S tone (gal'ston), n. A concretion formed 
often implying something awkward, silly, or 
weak in the person so designated. [Slang, 
U. S. ] 
I'll hold her nozzle agin the bank, 
Till the last galoot 's ashore. 
John Hay, Jim Bludso. 
gallows (gal'oz or gal'us), ad!!. [< gallows, a.] in the gall-bladder; a biliary calculus. Gall- galopt, *> An obsolete spelling of gallop. 
8, gallows poor. [Slang.] stones consist largely of cholesterin. A pigment said to galop (gal' 
Very ; exceedingly : as, 
The fleece come in and got gallers well kicked about the 
head. H. Kingsley, Ravenshoe, xli. 
1. A person 
. proclaims the 
gallows-bird (gal'oz-berd), . 
who deserves to be hanged. 
The famous converted gallows bird . 
good word in lamentable accents. 
Harper's Mag., LXXVI. 415. 
2. One who has been hanged. 
" It is ill to check sleep or sweat in a sick man," said 
he ; "I know that far, though I ne'er minced [dissected] 
ape nor gallou'S-bird." 
C. Reade, Cloister and Hearth, xxviii. 
gallows-bitts (gal'oz-bits), n. pi. Naut., on 
men-of-war, a pair of 
strong frames of oak 
made in the form of a 
gallows, fixed between 
the fore and main hatch- 
ways, with concave 
cross-beams called gal- 
lows-tops tenoned on to 
the uprights, to support 
spare topmasts, yards, 
booms, boats, etc. Also 
called gallows, gallows-frame, gallows-stanchions. 
gallows-faced (gal'oz-fast), a. Rascally-look- 
ing. Davies. 
be made from them is used in water-color painting, but 
the color sold as such is composed of other materials, prob- 
ably gamboge and yellow lake. True gall-stone is a deep 
rich yellow, but is not permanent, and its color is de- 
stroyed by light. The commonest kind of gall-stone is 
obsolete 
up; as a P. word, gal'6), n. If. An 
pelling of aallop. 2 PF.] (a) A 
^nfe of (fermln origin. V) Mu- 
S1 C lor such a dance, or in its rhythm, which 18 
duple and quick. 
Phasianida^, having as type the domestic hen, 
G. domesticus, some if not all varieties of whicli 
Jungle-fowl ( Gallus femtgineus). 
are the modified descendants of Gallus ferru- 
gineus or bankivus; the jungle-fowl. Sonnerat's 
jungle-fowl, Gallus sonnerati, is another example. The 
game-cock is now probably the nearest to the wild origi- 
nal of all the varieties of the domestic fowl. 
2. In ichth., a genus of carangoid fishes. La- 
cepede, 1802. 3. In conch., same as Strombus. 
support the pulleys and steady the cage. Megerle. 
[Eng.] Called in the Pennsylvania anthracite Gallus 2 (gal'us), n.; pi. Galli(-l). [L.,<Gr. TcO- 
region the head-frame. 4. Naut., same as gal- "tt a priest of Cybele, so called, according to 
lows-bitts. the tradition, from their raving, the name being 
gallows-free (gal'oz-fre), a. Free from danger associated with that of the river Gallus, Gr. Td/,- 
Art thou there, thou rogue, thou hangdog, thou gal- 
lows-faced vagabond? Brooke, Fool of Quality, ii. 16. 
gallows-frame (gal'oz-fram), . 1. The frame 
of a gallows. 2. the frame by which the 
beam of a beam-engine is supported. 3. In 
mining, the structure erected over a shaft to 
of hanging. 
Let him be gallows-free by my consent, 
And nothing suffer, since he nothing meant. 
Dryden, Abs. and Achit., ii. 431. 
gallows-locks (gal'oz-loks), n. pi. Locks that 
hang down straight and stiff. [Colloq.] 
His hair hung in straight gallows-locks about his ears, 
and added not a little to his sharking demeanor. 
Aof, in Phrygia, whose waters were fabled to 
make those who drank it mad.] In classical 
ailtiq., a priest of Cybele. The worship of this god- 
dess was introduced into Rome from Phrygia in 204 B. c. 
It consisted essentially of wild and boisterous rites, and it 
was the usage that these priests should be eunuchs. The 
chief of the college was styled Archigallus. 
These Man-women Priests were called Galli. 
~ tf--~- J i ymvic, yviwc, etc. , \ AX. yu ivur 
= Gael, gu tear or leoir, sufficiently, enough: 
go, a particle prefixed to an adj. to form an 
adv.; /for, adj., sufficient, enough.] Sufficient- 
ly; abundantly; in plenty. It is often used 
with the force of a predicate adjective. [Hu- 
morous.] 
To feasting they went, with true merriment, 
And tippl'd strong liquor gillore. 
Robin Hood and Little John (Child's Ballads, V. 222). 
A shriek of welcome greeted them ; they were set in a 
corner, with beef and ale galore, and soon the great table 
was carried in, the ground cleared, the couples made, and 
the fiddlers tuning. C. Reade, Clouds and Sunshine, p. 8. 
galosh (ga-losh'), n. [Also written gallosh, go- 
losh, in pi. galoshes, goloshes, formerly galosh, 
galage, gallage, etc., and even galloshoes (sim- 
ulating shoes) (now also galoche, after F.); < ME. 
galoche, also galage, galege, < OF. galoche, F. 
galoche = Sp. Pg. galocha = It. galoscia (ML. 
galoccia), prob. < ML. calopedia, a clog or wood- 
en shoe, < Gr. nal.oiroiiav, dim. of xaMirovc, nc&a- 
Trovf (-Trod-), a shoemakers' last, < naiov, wood 
(prop, wood for burning, < naieiv, burn), + irovf 
(TTOI?-) = E. /opt] 1. A kind of clog or patten 
worn in the middle ages as a protection against 
wet, and common, because of the practice of 
making shoes of cloth, silk, or the like, or of 
ornamental leather. 
With-oute spores other spere and sprakliche he lokede, 
As is the kynde of a knyght that cometh to be doubed, 
To geten hus gilte spores and r/aloches y-couped. 
Piers Plmmnan (C), xxi. 12. 
2. In present use, any overshoe; a rubber: 
usually in the plural. [Rare in the U. S.] 
Rose, having been delayed by the loss of one of her ga- 
loshes in a bog, had been once near Catherine . . . dur- 
ing that dripping descent. 
Mrs. H. Ward, Robert Elsmere, viii. 
Dutch galoshest, skates. [Rare.] 
And had I but Dutch galloshoes on, 
At one run I would slide to Lon . 
Cotton, The Great Frost. 
Purchas, Pilgrimage, p. 79. 
Irving, Knickerbocker, p. 334. gallus 3 (gal'us), a. Same as gallows. 
gallowsness (gal'oz-nes or gal'us-nes), n. [< galluses (gal'us-ez), n. pi. Same as gallowses, galosh (ga-losh'), v. t. [< galosh, .] To pro- 
gallows, a., + -ness.'] Recklessness. [Slang.] plural of gallows, in sense 7. tect with a partial covering, edging, or the like 
Spinning indeed ! It isn't spinning as you'd be at, I'll be gall-wasp (gal'wosp), . A hymenopterous of strong or water-proof material, as a shoe, 
bound, and let you have your own way; I never knew gall-insect; one of the Gallicolai, Cvninida;, or His boot8 ha<1 Dee "soled" and "heeled" more 
your equals for gallowsness. George Eliot, Adam Bede, vi. gall-flies. than once ; had they been ffotos/ied, their owner might 
gallyi 
gallows-pint (gal'oz-pin), n. 
gallows. 
O what'll my poor father think, 
As he comes through the town, 
To see the face of his Molly fair 
Hanging on the gallows-inn! 
Mary Hamilton (Child's Ballads, III. 125). 
ly 2 (g 
-yi.] 
gallows-ripe (gal'oz-rip), a. Ready for hang- spots 
ing. Davies. I see in some meadows gaully places where little or no 
f 
long 
Jourdan himself remains unchanged ; gets loose again 
as one not yet gallows-ripe. Carlyle, French Rev., II. v. 3. 
gallows-Stanchions (gal'oz-stan'shonz), n. pi. all y 3 t, ' [Var. of gallow.-] Same as gallow. 
Same as qnllmrs-bttts. The next l '"y bein s s ilay, call'd by the natives of this 
S-s'tringSt (gal'oz-stringz), n. pi. The C ntry [ Dc . vonshl ] M -Sn?ay (and.indeed not with- 
have defied Fate ! Barham, Ingoldsby Legends. 
galpf, v. i. [ME. galpen, gape; perhaps akin to 
yelp, q. v.] To gape ; yawn. 
See how he galpeth, lo, this dronken wight, 
As though he wold us swalow anon right. 
Chaucer, Prol. to Manciple's Tale. 
Next, mynd thy grave continually, 
Which galjtes, thee to devour. 
Kendall, Flowers of Epigrams (1577). 
i at all groweth, by"reasoV(aB"f takeTt)"oir"the"too galravage, galra Verge (gal-rav'aj, -erj), n. 
landing of the water. Norden, Surveior's Dialogue, and v. Same as gilravage. 
The witches lang syne had their sinful possets and gal- 
ramtchings. Gait, Annals of the Parish, Ii. 
Eh ! harkee till this lass o' mine. She thinks as because 
The beam of a gaily 1 (ga'li), a. [< gain + -yi.] Like gall; 
bitter as gall. 
He abhorreth all gaily and bitter drinkes of sin. 
Cranmer, To Bp. Gardiner, p. 246. 
gaily 2 (ga'li), a. [Formerly also gaully; < galfi 
Characterized by galls or abraded 
strin rorro Lof a 2ftn 153' / t ' ""V^i ". < r K the People looked as if they were she's I gone yalra^gin^Yr^, ha' mfsseTher anS 
strings or ropes ot a gallows : applied as a term galled), I was wak'd by the tremendous sound of a horse- ailing: Mrs Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers vi 
Tom Bro, m , Works, ill 205. ^^ f^^y . The red . t hroated diver 
''oft (ill"' obsolete or occasional spelling orloon, Colymbus septentrionalis. [Dublin Bay, 
of reproach to a person. 
Ay, hang him, little Gallows-strings, 
He does a thousand of these things. 
gallows 
gallows 
He play'd a spring, and danc'd it round, 
Below the gallows-tree. 
Burns, Macpherson's Farewell. 
gallow-treet (gal'o-tre), n. [< ME. galowe-tre, 
galwc-tre, < AS. galg-tre6w (= Icel. galga-tre), 
< glga, gallows, + treow, tree.] A gallows. 
Now gallows-tree. 
But bend your bowes, and stroke your strings 
Set the gallow tree ahoute. 
gallywasp, . See galliwasp. 
gally-worm (gal'i-werm), . [The first ele- 
ment is uncertain.] A common name of sun- 
dry myriapods or millepeds, as a thousand-legs 
of the genus Polydesmus. Also spelled galley- 
worm. 
galoche, . See galosh. 
Galomys (gal'o-mis), n. 
snow.] 1. Clay; brick-earth. [Prov. Eng.] 
Specifically 2. In geol., the lowest division of 
the Upper Cretaceous series. The gait is a stiff 
clay, sometimes sandy or calcareous, dark-blue in color, 
with layers of pyritous and phosphatic nodules, and oc- 
casional seams of greensand. It varies from 100 to 200 
feet in thickness, and forms a marked boundary between 
the Upper and the Lower Cretaceous rocks. 
gait 2 (gait), n. [< ME. galte, < Icel. go'ltr, also 
galti = Sw. Dan. gait, a gelded hog: see gel<fl. 
Same as Galemys. 
Set the gallow tree ahoute. palnn (V nrnn sra lAfi'1 i rw 1 KkAa o 
Robin Hood and the Old Man (Child's Ballads, V. 259). S % a f on ' P g >' - - 
ftfea- - '< - ? - fe..?rs sfassa -2-~ "wSSwwrri. 
