GALLING
9
Scrabble
14
WWF
G(2) A(1) L(1) L(1) I(1) N(1) G(2)
NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓
Definition
verb
- To bother or trouble.
- To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
- To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
- To exasperate.
- 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.”
verb
- To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
noun
- Wear caused by adhesion between sliding surfaces.
adjective
- Vexing, humiliating
Source: Wiktionary
