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<h1>Gallant</h1> <Xpage=608>

<hw>Gal*lant"</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A man of mettle or spirit; a gay; fashionable man; a young blood.</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>One fond of paying attention to ladies.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>One who wooes; a lover; a suitor; in a bad sense, a seducer.</def>

<i>Addison.</i>

<note>&hand; In the first sense it is by some ortho\'89pists (as in Shakespeare) accented on the first syllable.</note>

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<hw>Gal*lant"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gallanted</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gallanting</er>.]</wordforms> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To attend or wait on, as a lady; <as>as, to <ex>gallant</ex> ladies to the play</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To handle with grace or in a modish manner; <as>as, to <ex>gallant</ex> a fan</as>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Addison.</i>

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<hw>Gal*lant"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a polite or courtly manner; like a gallant or wooer.</def>

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<hw>Gal"lant*ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a gallant manner.</def>

<h1>Gallantness</h1> <Xpage=608>

<hw>Gal"lant*ness</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The quality of being gallant.</def>

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<hw>Gal"lant*ry</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gallantries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>galanterie</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Splendor of appearance; ostentatious finery.</def> <mark>[Archaic]</mark>

<blockquote>Guess the <b>gallantry</b> of our church by this . . . when the desk whereon the priest read was inlaid with plates of silver. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Bravery; intrepidity; <as>as, the troops behaved with great <ex>gallantry</ex></as>.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>Civility or polite attention to ladies; in a bed sense, attention or courtesy designed to win criminal favors from a female; freedom of principle or practice with respect to female virtue; intrigue.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <def>Gallant persons, collectively.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<blockquote>Helenus, Antenor, and all the <b>gallantry</b> of Troy. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- See <er>Courage</er>, and <er>Heroism</er>.</syn>

<h1>Gallate</h1> <Xpage=609>

<hw>Gal"late</hw> <tt>(?; 277)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>gallate</ets>. See <er>Gall</er> gallnut.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A salt of gallic acid.</def>