GALLS
6
Scrabble
9
WWF
G(2) A(1) L(1) L(1) S(1)
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Definition
noun
- Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
- The gall bladder.
- Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
- A feeling of exasperation.
- Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
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.”
noun
- 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.
- A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
verb
- To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
Source: Wiktionary
