Definition of gallingly in English English dictionary
- gall
- The gall bladder
He shall flee from the iron weapon and the bow of steel shall strike him through. It is drawn and cometh out of the body; yea, the glittering sword cometh out of his gall.
- gall
- To trouble or bother
I went below, and did what I could for my wound; it pained me a good deal, and still bled freely; but it was neither deep nor dangerous, nor did it greatly gall me when I used my arm.
- gall
- To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point
Improper cooling and a dull milling blade on titanium can gall the surface.
- gall
- A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall
But first for your Line. First note, that you are to take care that your hair be round and clear, and free from galls, or scabs, or frets: for a well- chosen, even, clear, round hair, of a kind of glass-colour, will prove as strong as three uneven scabby hairs that are ill-chosen, and full of galls or unevenness. You shall seldom find a black hair but it is round, but many white are flat and uneven; therefore, if you get a lock of right, round, clear, glass-colour hair, make much of it.
- gall
- Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver
- gall
- Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah
Durn ye!” he cried. “I’ll lam ye! Get offen here. I knows ye. Yer one o’ that gang o’ bums that come here last night, an’ now you got the gall to come back beggin’ for food, eh? I’ll lam ye!” and he raised the gun to his shoulder.
- gall
- A pit caused on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point
- gall
- A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp
Even so, Redi retained a belief that in certain other cases—the origin of parasites inside the human or animal body or of grubs inside of oak galls—there must be spontaneous generation. Bit by bit the evidence grew against such views. In 1670 Jan Swammerdam, painstaking student of the insect’s life cycle, suggested that the grubs in galls were enclosed in them for the sake of nourishment and must come from insects that had inserted their semen or their eggs into the plants.
- gall
- {v} to hurt the skin, hurt, fret, vex, harass
- gall
- {n} bile, rancor, great anger, wrath, a ford, a nut
- gall
- To exasperate
- gall
- Some galls are due to aphids, mites, etc
- gall
- An action demonstrating impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah
- gall
- To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury
- gall
- An excrescence of any form produced on any part of a plant by insects or their larvae
- gall
- Galls can occur on any part of the plant, including its roots They can be any number of colors or shapes, but are recognizable as a tumor-like growth The plant creates the gall as a response to a virus, bacteria, fungus, or sucking insects In the case of an insect, plant tissue grows around the insect, supplying it with food (and, incidentally, protection) In return, the insect will sometimes keep to the tissue offered, rather than attacking tissue vital to the plant's health Unfortunately, of course, the pest population could be large or the disease might spread, which outpaces the plant's ability to feed it To control gall, cut and destroy infected tissue, leaves, or stems Gall resistant plant varieties are also available
- gall
- {f} hurt, wound; make bitter; cause pain; offend
- gall
- Anything extremely bitter; bitterness; rancor
- gall
- A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister
- gall
- {i} bile; bitterness, rancor; impudence, cheek
- gall
- an open sore on the back of a horse caused by ill-fitting or badly adjusted saddle
- gall
- The gallbladder
- gall
- A pronounced swelling or outgrowth on a plant
- gall
- To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm
- gall
- It consists of the secretion of the liver, or bile, mixed with that of the mucous membrane of the gall bladder
- gall
- abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury a skin sore caused by chafing irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit
- gall
- A localised proliferation of plant tissue caused by the irritation of bacteria, fungi, mites, or insects These are the odd bumps and swellings seen on stems and leaves Winsop in the Ojibwe
- gall
- Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances
- gall
- The larvae live within the galls
- gall
- abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or microorganisms or injury
- gall
- A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore
- gall
- to damage the surface of a powder metallurgy compact or die part through adhesion of powder to the die cavity wall or punch surface
- gall
- A wound in the skin made by rubbing
- gall
- the trait of being rude and impertinent; inclined to take liberties
- gall
- a skin sore caused by chafing
- gall
- To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable
- gall
- a swelling or overgrowth produced on a plant as result of an infection by certain pathogens
- gall
- Impudence; brazen assurance
- gall
- To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin
- gall
- become or make sore by or as if by rubbing
- gall
- An abnormal growth on a plant that is caused by the presence of a pathogen or other stimulus, often an insect
- gall
- They are most commonly caused by small Hymenoptera and Diptera which puncture the bark and lay their eggs in the wounds
- gall
- disapproval If you say that someone has the gall to do something, you are criticizing them for behaving in a rude or disrespectful way. She had the gall to suggest that I might supply her with information about what Steve was doing. = nerve
- gall
- If someone's action galls you, it makes you feel very angry or annoyed, often because it is unfair to you and you cannot do anything about it. It must have galled him that Bardo thwarted each of these measures It was their serenity which galled her most. + galling gall·ing It was especially galling to be criticised by this scoundrel
- gall
- ffyèl, bil
- gall
- A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii)
- gall
- To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy
- gall
- A gall is a growth on the surface of a plant that is caused by an insect, disease, fungus, or injury. n. An abnormal swelling of plant tissue caused by insects, microorganisms, or external injury. to make someone feel upset and angry because of something that is unfair. Abnormal, localized outgrowth or swelling of plant tissue caused by infection from bacteria, fungi, viruses, or nematodes, or by irritation by insects and mites. The common plant disease crown gall, characterized by the proliferation of galls on the roots and lower stems, is caused by the bacterium Agrobacterium tumefaciens
- gall
- a digestive juice secreted by the liver and stored in the gallbladder; aids in the digestion of fats
- gall
- To scoff; to jeer
- gall
- Pronounced swelling or outgrowth on a plant, usually insect or disease caused
- gall
- irritate or vex; "It galls me that we lost the suit"
- gall
- A feeling of exasperation
- gall
- Excessive or monstrous growth on or in a plant often caused by an insect and in some cases by nematodes
- gall
- An unnatural outgrowth on plants due to insects or parasitic fungi
- gall
- The bitter, alkaline, viscid fluid found in the gall bladder, beneath the liver
- gall
- A swelling of plant tissue caused by insects or fungus Back to alphabetical list
- gall
- An abnormal growth of plant tissue caused by the presence of an insect or other foreign organism
- gall
- To be troubled or bothered by
- gall
- Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gallbladders, structures associated with the liver
- gall
- a feeling of deep and bitter anger and ill-will
- gall
- To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts
- gall
- (1) Heb mererah, meaning "bitterness" (Job 16: 13); i e , the bile secreted in the liver This word is also used of the poison of asps (20: 14), and of the vitals, the seat of life (25)