Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GAL'LI-NULE, n. [L. gallinula, dim. of gallina, a hen.]

A tribe of fowls of the grallic order, included under the genus Fulica, with the coot.

GAL'LIOT, or GAL'LEOT, n. [See GALIOT.]

GAL'LI-POT, n. [D. gleye, potter's clay, and pot.]

A small pot or vessel painted and glazed, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines.

GAL'LIT'ZIN-ITE, n.

Rutile, an ore of titanium. Ure.

GAL'LI-VAT, n.

A small vessel used on the Malabar coast. Chalmers.

GALL'LESS, a. [from gall.]

Free from gall or bitterness.

GALL'LESS, a.

Free from gall. [1841 Addenda only.]

GAL'LON, n. [Sp. galon; Law L. galona. In French, galon is a grocer's box. Old Fr. jalon, a gallon.]

A measure of capacity for dry or liquid things, but usually for liquids, containing four quarts. But the gallon is not in all cases of uniform contents or dimensions. The gallon of wine contains 231 cubic inches, or eight pounds avoirdupois of pure water. The gallon of beer and ale contains 281 cubic inches, or ten pounds three ounces and a quarter avoirdupois of water; and the gallon of corn, meal, &c., 272 1-4 cubic inches, or nine pounds thirteen ounces of pure water. Encyc.

GAL-LOON', n. [Fr. galon; Sp. galon; It. gallone; Port. galam.]

A kind of close lace made of gold or silver, or of silk only. Tatler.

GAL-LOON'ED, a.

Furnished or adorned with galloon. [Carlisle. 1841]

GAL'LOP, n.

The movement or pace of a quadruped, particularly of a horse, by springs, reaches or leaps. The animal lifts his fore feet nearly at the same time, and as these descend and are just ready to touch the ground, the hind feet are lifted at once. The gallop is the swiftest pace of a horse, but it is also a moderate pace, at the pleasure of a rider.

GAL'LOP, v.i. [Fr. galoper; Sp. galopear; Port. id.; It. galoppare; Arm. galoupat or galompat; G. galoppiren. If this word is from the elements GI, I know not the origin or meaning of the last constituent part of the word. I suppose it to be formed with the prefix ga on leap, G. laufen, D. loopen, geloopen. See Leap.]

1. To move or run with leaps, as a horse; to run or move with speed. But gallop lively down the western hill. Donne.
2. To ride with a galloping pace. We galloped toward the enemy.
3. To move very fast; to run over. Such superficial ideas he may collect in galloping over it. Locke.

GAL'LOP-ER, n.

1. A horse that gallops; also, a man that gallops or makes haste.
2. In artillery, a carriage which bears a gun of a pound and a half ball. It has shafts so as to be drawn without a limbon, and it may serve for light three and six pounders.

GAL'LOP-IN, n. [Fr.]

A servant for the kitchen. [Obs.]

GAL'LOP-ING, ppr.

Riding with a gallop.

GAL'LOW, v.t. [Sax. agælwan.]

To fright or terrify. [Obs.] Shak.

GAL'LO-WAY, n.

A horse or species of horses of a small size, first bred in Galloway in Scotland. Hawkesworth.

GAL'LOW-GLASS, n.

An ancient Irish foot soldier. Spenser.

GAL'LOWS, n. singular. [Sax. galg, gealga; Goth. galga; G. galgen; D. galg; Sw. galge; Dan. id. Gallows is in the singular number, and should be preceded by a, a gallows. The plural is gallowses.]

1. An instrument of punishment on which criminals are executed by hanging. It consists of two posts and a cross beam on the top, to which the criminal is suspended by a rope fastened round his neck.
2. A wretch that deserves the gallows. [Not used.] Shak.
3. A pair of pantaloon suspenders.

GAL'LOWS-FREE, a.

Free from danger of the gallows. Dryden.

GAL'LOWS-TREE, n.

The tree of execution. Spencer.

GALL'SICK-NESS, n.

A remitting bilious fever in the Netherlands. Parr.

GALL'STONE, n.

A concretion formed in the gallbladder.

GALL'Y, a.

Like gall; bitter as gall. Cranmer.

GAL'LY, n. [Port. galé, a galley, and a printer's frame; Fr. galée.]

A printer's frame or oblong square board with a ledge on three sides, into which types are emptied from the composing stick. It has a groove to admit a false bottom, called a gally-slice. Encyc.