Definitions
1.NounImpudence or brazenness; temerity; chutzpah.
2.NounA gallbladder.
3.NounBile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
4.NounGreat misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
5.NounA sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
6.NounA sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
7.NounA feeling of exasperation.
8.NounA pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
9.VerbTo chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
10.VerbTo bother or trouble.
11.VerbTo harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
12.VerbTo exasperate.
13.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 cutter on titanium can gall the surface."
14.VerbTo scoff; to jeer.
15.NounA blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by various pathogens, especially the burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, such as that of the common oak gall wasp (Cynips quercusfolii).
16.NounA bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
17.VerbTo impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.