Emily Dickinson Lexicon

GALL, n.¹ [Sax. gealla; G. galle; D. gal; Dan. galde; Sw. galle; Gr. χολη; probably from its color, Sax. gealew, yelfow. See Yellow and Gold.]

1. In the animal economy, the bile, a bitter, yellowish green fluid, secreted in the glandular substance of the liver. It is glutinous or imperfectly fluid, like oil. – Encyc. Nicholson.
2. Any thing extremely bitter. – Dryden.
3. Rancor; malignity. – Spenser.
4. Anger; bitterness of mind. – Prior.