n.
1 sl. impudence.
2 asperity, rancour.
3 bitterness; anything bitter (gall and wormwood).
4 the bile of animals.
5 the gall-bladder and its contents.
Phrases and idioms:
gall-bladder the vessel storing bile after its secretion by the liver and before release into the intestine.
Etymology: ON, corresp. to OE gealla, f. Gmc
2.
n. & v.
—n.
1 a sore on the skin made by chafing.
2 a mental soreness or vexation. b a cause of this.
3 a place rubbed bare.
—v.tr.
1 rub sore; injure by rubbing.
2 vex, annoy, humiliate.
Derivatives:
gallingly adv.
Etymology: ME f. LG or Du. galle, corresp. to OE gealla sore on a horse
3.
n.
1 a growth produced by insects or fungus etc. on plants and trees, esp. on oak.
2 (attrib.) of insects producing galls (gall-fly).
Etymology: ME f. OF galle f. L galla
Useful english dictionary. 2012.