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<hw>Gale</hw>, <tt>n</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gal</ets>. See <er>Gale</er> wind.]</ety> <def>A song or story.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Toone.</i>

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

<hw>Gale</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>galan</ets>. See 1st <er>Gale</er>.]</ety> <def>To sing.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "Can he cry and <i>gale</i>."

<i>Court of Love.</i>

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

<hw>Gale</hw>, <tt>n</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>gagel</ets>, akin to D. <ets>gagel</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>A plant of the genus <spn>Myrica</spn>, growing in wet places, and strongly resembling the bayberry. The sweet gale (<spn>Myrica Gale</spn>) is found both in Europe and in America.</def>

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

<hw>Gale</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Gabel</er>.]</ety> <def>The payment of a rent or annuity.</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<i>Mozley & W.</i>

<cs><col>Gale day</col>, <cd>the day on which rent or interest is due.</cd></cs>

<h1>Galea</h1> <Xpage=608>

<hw>Ga"le*a</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[L., a helmet. ]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Surg.)</fld> <def>A kind of bandage for the head.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Pathol.)</fld> <def>Headache extending all over the head.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Paleon.)</fld> <def>A genus of fossil echini, having a vaulted, helmet-shaped shell.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The anterior, outer process of the second joint of the maxillae in certain insects.</def>

<h1>Galeas</h1> <Xpage=608>

<hw>Gal"e*as</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Galleass</er>.</def>

<h1>Galeate, Galeated</h1> <Xpage=608>

<hw><hw>Ga"le*ate</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Ga"le*a`ted</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>galeatus</ets>, p.p. of <ets>galeare</ets> helmet.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Wearing a helmet; protected by a helmet; covered, as with a helmet.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Biol.)</fld> <def>Helmeted; having a helmetlike part, as a crest, a flower, etc.; helmet-shaped.</def>

<h1>Galei</h1> <Xpage=608>

<hw>Ga"le*i</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <ety>[NL., fr. <ets>Galeus</ets>, name of one genus, fr. Gr. <?/ a kind of shark.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks.</def>

<h1>Galena</h1> <Xpage=608>

<hw>Ga*le"na</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt><ety>[L. <ets>galena</ets> lead ore, dross that remains after melting lead: cf. F. <ets>gal\'8ane</ets> sulphide of lead ore, antidote to prison, stillness of the sea, calm, tranquility.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Med.)</fld> <def>A remedy or antidose for poison; theriaca.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Parr.</i>