n. 1. 1 a genus of chiefly Old World herbs.
Syn. -- genus Anagallis. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Opposed to what is Gallic or French. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖ [ L., tail of a cock. ] (Paleon.) A plume-shaped fossil, supposed to be a seaweed, characteristic of the lower Devonian rocks; as, the cauda galli grit. [ 1913 Webster ]

Cauda galli epoch (Geol.), an epoch at the begining of the Devonian age in eastern America, so named from the characteristic gritty sandstone marked with impressions of Cauda galli. See the Diagram under Geology. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. galliambus a song used by the priests of Cybele; Gallus (a name applied to these priests) + iambus ] (Pros.) Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ See Gallic. ] Gallic; French. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ OE., fr. F. gaillard, perh. of Celtic origin; cf. Ir. & Gael. galach valiant, or AS. gagol, geagl, wanton, lascivious. ] Gay; brisk; active. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A brisk, gay man. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Selden is a galliard by himself. Cleveland. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gaillarde, cf. Sp. gallarda. See Galliard, a. ] A gay, lively dance. Cf. Gailliarde. [ 1913 Webster ]

Never a hall such a galliard did grace. Sir. W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gaillardise. See Galliard, a. ] Excessive gayety; merriment. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The mirth and galliardise of company. Sir. T. Browne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Gayety. [ Obs. ] Gayton. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Same as Galleass. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Gallium. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, gallium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Gall the excrescence. ] Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gallic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance, C6H2(HO)3.CO2H, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Gallicus belonging to the Gauls, fr. Galli the Gauls, Gallia Gaul, now France: cf. F. gallique. ] Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Gallicanus: cf. F. gallican. ] Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallic; French; as, the Gallican church or clergy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within the Roman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought to restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the power of the national church. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gallicisme. ] A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gallicized p. pr. & vb. n. Gallicizing ] To conform to the French mode or idiom. [ 1913 Webster ]

p. p. & a. (Naut.) Worried; flurried; frightened. Ham. Nav. Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Zool.) Like the Gallinae (or Galliformes) in structure. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Prob. corrupted fr. It. Grechesco Grecian, a name which seems to have been given in Venice, and to have been afterwards confused with Gascony, as if they came from Gascony. ] Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. Senseless talk. [ Obs. or R. ] See Galimatias. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Gallimaufries [ F. galimafrée a sort of ragout or mixed hash of different meats. ] 1. A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout. [ 1913 Webster ]

Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced meat. King. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch. [ 1913 Webster ]

So in this installment I'd like to serve up a gallimaufry of tasty URLs that didn't quite fit anywhere else. James Patrick Kelly, (2003) in 'On the Net Gallimaufry' (https://web.archive.org/web/20060131120420/http://www.asimovs.com/_issue_0403/onthenet.shtml) [ LM ]

n. (Chem.) A substance obtained by the reduction of gallein. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Gallinaceous. ] (Zool.) Same as Gallinae. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. (Zool.) One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds. [ 1913 Webster ]

a.[ L. gallinaceus, fr. gallina hen, fr. gallus cock. ] (Zool.) Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n.; pl. [ NL., fr. L. gallina a hen, gallus a cock. ] (Zool.) An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes called Rasores. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A genus of birds consisting of certain of the snipes.
Syn. -- genus Gallinago, Capella, genus Capella. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating. -- Gall"ing*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]

n. A large mosquito. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. gallinula chicken, dim. of gallina hen: cf. F. gallinule. ] (Zool.) One of several wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously dabchick. Closely related to it is the Florida gallinule (Gallinula galeata). [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The purple gallinule of Southern Europe and Asia was formerly believed to be able to detect and report adultery, and for that reason, chiefly, it was commonly domesticated by the ancients. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See Galiot. [ 1913 Webster ]

An inferior kind of olive oil, brought from Gallipoli, in Italy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. fr. OD. gleypot, the first part of which is possibly akin to E. glad. See Glad, and Pot. ] A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL.; perh. fr. L. Gallia France. ] (Chem.) A rare metallic element, found combined in certain zinc ores. It is white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and remarkable for its low melting point (86° F., 30° C.). Symbol, Ga; at. wt., 69.9. Gallium is chiefly trivalent, resembling aluminium and indium. It was predicted with most of its properties, under the name eka-aluminium, by the Russian chemist Mendelyeev on the basis of the periodic law. This prediction was verified in its discovery (in 1875) by the French chemist Lecoq de Boisbaudran by its characteristic spectrum (two violet lines), in an examination of a zinc blende from the Pyrenees. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

v. i. [ From Gallant. ] To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan. [ Slang ] Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.[ Prob. fr. Pg. galeota; cf. E. galiot, galley. ] (Naut.) A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, -- used on the Malabar coast. A. Chalmers. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zool.) A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gallized p. pr. & vb. n. Gallizing ] [ After Dr. L. Gall, a French chemist, who invented the process. ] In wine making, to add water and sugar to (unfermented grape juice) so as to increase the quantity of wine produced. -- Gal`li*za"tion n. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

a. [ Pyro- + gallic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid called pyrogallol. See Pyrogallol. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Rufiopin + gallic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained from gallic acid as a brown or red crystalline substance, and is related to rufiopin and anthracene. [ 1913 Webster ]