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<hw><hw>Ga*lan"ga</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ga*lan"gal</hw> <tt>(?)</tt><hw>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[OE. <ets>galingale</ets>, OF. <ets>galingal</ets>, <ets>garingal</ets>, F. <ets>galanga</ets> (cf. Sp. <ets>galanga</ets>), prob. fr. Ar. <ets>khalanj<?/n</ets>. ]</ety> <def>The pungent aromatic rhizome or tuber of certain East Indian or Chinese species of <spn>Alpinia</spn> (<spn>A. Galanga</spn> and <spn>A. officinarum</spn>) and of the <spn>K\'91mpferia Galanga</spn>), -- all of the Ginger family.</def>

<h1>Galantine</h1> <Xpage=608>

<hw>Gal"an*tine</hw> <tt>(? or ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>galantine</ets>.]</ety> <def>A dish of veal, chickens, or other white meat, freed from bones, tied up, boiled, and served cold.</def>

<i>Smart.</i>

<h1>Galapee tree</h1> <Xpage=608>

<hw>Gal"a*pee` tree"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The West Indian <spn>Sciadophyllum Brownei</spn>, a tree with very large digitate leaves.</def>

<h1>Galatian</h1> <Xpage=608>

<hw>Ga*la"tian</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to Galatia or its inhabitants. -- A native or inhabitant of Galatia, in Asia Minor; a descendant of the Gauls who settled in Asia Minor.</def>

<h1>Galaxy</h1> <Xpage=608>

<hw>Gal"ax*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Galaxies</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>galaxie</ets>, L. <ets>galaxias</ets>, fr. Gr. <?/ (sc. <?/ circle), fr. <?/, <?/, milk; akin to L. <ets>lac</ets>. CF. <er>Lacteal</er>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Astron.)</fld> <def>The Milky Way; that luminous tract, or belt, which is seen at night stretching across the heavens, and which is composed of innumerable stars, so distant and blended as to be distinguishable only with the telescope. The term has recently been used for remote clusters of stars.</def>

<i>Nichol.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A splendid assemblage of persons or things.</def>

<h1>Galban, Galbanum</h1> <Xpage=608>

<hw><hw>Gal"ban</hw>, <hw>Gal"ba*num</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>galbanum</ets>, Gr. <?/, prob. from Heb. <ets>klekb'n<?/h</ets>: cf. F. <ets>galbanum</ets>.]</ety> <def>A gum resin exuding from the stems of certain Asiatic umbelliferous plants, mostly species of <spn>Ferula</spn>. The <spn>Bubon Galbanum</spn> of South Africa furnishes an inferior kind of galbanum. It has an acrid, bitter taste, a strong, unpleasant smell, and is used for medical purposes, also in the arts, as in the manufacture of varnish.</def>

<h1>Gale</h1> <Xpage=608>

<hw>Gale</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Prob. of Scand.. origin; cf. Dan. <ets>gal</ets> furious, Icel. <ets>galinn</ets>, cf. Icel. <ets>gala</ets> to sing, AS. <ets>galan</ets> to sing, Icel. <ets>galdr</ets> song, witchcraft, AS. <ets>galdor</ets> charm, sorcery, E. nightin<ets>gale</ets>; also, Icel. <ets>gj</ets><?/<ets>la</ets> gust of wind, <ets>gola</ets> breeze. Cf. <er>Yell</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called <i>tempests</i>.</def>

<note>&hand; <i>Gales</i> have a velocity of from about eighteen ("moderate") to about eighty ("very heavy") miles an our.</note>

<i>Sir. W. S. Harris.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A moderate current of air; a breeze.</def>

<blockquote>A little <b>gale</b> will soon disperse that cloud. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>And winds of gentlest <b>gale</b> Arabian odors fanned From their soft wings. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A state of excitement, passion, or hilarity.</def>

<blockquote>The ladies, laughing heartily, were fast getting into what, in New England, is sometimes called a <b>gale</b>. <i>Brooke (Eastford).</i></blockquote>

<cs><col>Topgallant gale</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>one in which a ship may carry her topgallant sails.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gale</h1> <Xpage=608>

<hw>Gale</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To sale, or sail fast.</def>

<h1>Gale</h1> <Xpage=608>