Definitions
1.verbTo bother or trouble.
2.verbTo harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
3.verbTo chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
4.verbTo exasperate.
5.verbTo 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."
6.verbTo scoff; to jeer.
7.verbTo impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
8.nounWear caused by adhesion between sliding surfaces.
9.adjectiveVexing, humiliating