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Definition of Galls

Gall
Gall Gall, n. [F. galle, noix de galle, fr. L. galla.] (Zo["o]l.) 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. Note: The galls, or gallnuts, of commerce are produced by insects of the genus Cynips, chiefly on an oak (Quercus infectoria or Lusitanica) of Western Asia and Southern Europe. They contain much tannin, and are used in the manufacture of that article and for making ink and a black dye, as well as in medicine. Gall insect (Zo["o]l.), any insect that produces galls. Gall midge (Zo["o]l.), any small dipterous insect that produces galls. Gall oak, the oak (Quercus infectoria) which yields the galls of commerce. Gall of glass, the neutral salt skimmed off from the surface of melted crown glass;- called also glass gall and sandiver. --Ure. Gall wasp. (Zo["o]l.) See Gallfly.
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Gall Gall, n.[OE. galle, gal, AS. gealla; akin to D. gal, OS. & OHG. galla, Icel. gall, SW. galla, Dan. galde, L. fel, Gr. ?, and prob. to E. yellow. ? See Yellow, and cf. Choler] 1. (Physiol.) 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. 2. The gall bladder. 3. Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor. He hath . . . compassed me with gall and travail. --Lam. iii. 5. Comedy diverted without gall. --Dryden. 4. Impudence; brazen assurance. [Slang] Gall bladder (Anat.), the membranous sac, in which the bile, or gall, is stored up, as secreted by the liver; the cholecystis. See Illust. of Digestive apparatus. Gall duct, a duct which conveys bile, as the cystic duct, or the hepatic duct. Gall sickness, a remitting bilious fever in the Netherlands. --Dunglison. Gall of the earth (Bot.), an herbaceous composite plant with variously lobed and cleft leaves, usually the Prenanthes serpentaria.
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Gall Gall, v. t. (Dyeing) To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts. --Ure.
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Gall Gall, v. i. To scoff; to jeer. [R.] --Shak.
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Gall Gall, n. A wound in the skin made by rubbing.

Meaning of Galls from wikipedia

- applies particularly to insect and mite plant galls. The study of plant galls is known as cecidology. Galls develop on various plant organs, providing nutrition...
- Galling is a form of wear caused by adhesion between sliding surfaces. When a material galls, some of it is pulled with the contacting surface, especially...
- specific to the majority of gall wasps, with about 70% of the known species parasitizing various types of oak, inducing oak galls. Galls can be found on nearly...
- Ontario, the galls are found mostly on Colorado spruce. The infection is most noticeable on Cooley spruce in the spring, May to June, when the galls appear...
- Ox gall (also spaced oxgall) is bile, also known as "gall", usually obtained from the gallbladder of cows, it is an ingredient in bile soap and mixed with...
- Gallion may refer to: Gallion, Alabama, a community in Hale County, Alabama Gallion (plant genus), a former genus in the family Rubiaceae Arthur Gallion...
- and effrontery Search for "gall" on Wikipedia. All pages with titles containing galls All pages with titles containing gall Gallbladder Gaul (disambiguation)...
- A gall-inducing insect is any insect that can cause the growth of galls within plants. There are several groups of insects that meet this description...
- Other galls found on oak trees include the oak artichoke gall and the acorn cup gall, but each of these has its own distinctive form. Oak galls have been...
- In-Gall (var. In Gall, I-n-Gall, In-Gal, Ingal, Ingall) is a department, commune and town in the Agadez Region of northeast Niger, with a year-round po****tion...