Part 4690

<h1>Gallotannic</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gal`lo*tan"nic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gall</ets> nutgall + <ets>tannic</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>Pertaining to the tannin or nutgalls.</def>

<cs><col>Gallotannic acid</col>. <cd>See <cref>Tannic acid</cref>, under <er>Tannic</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gallow</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gal"low</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. AS. <ets>\'begelwan</ets> to stupefy.]</ety> <def>To fright or terrify. See <er>Gally</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt></def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Galloway</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gal"lo*way</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>A small horse of a breed raised at <i>Galloway</i>, Scotland; -- called also <altname>garran</altname>, and <altname>garron</altname>.</def>

<h1>Gallowglass</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gal"low*glass`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Ir. <ets>galloglach</ets>. Cf. <er>Gillie</er>.]</ety> <def>A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward <?/</def>

<i>Shak.</i>

<h1>Gallows</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gal"lows</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. sing.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Gallowses</plw> <tt>(#)</tt> &or; <plw>Gallows</plw></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>galwes</ets>, pl., AS. <ets>galga</ets>, <ets>gealga</ets>, gallows, cross; akin to D. <ets>galg</ets> gallows, OS. & OHG. <ets>galgo</ets>, G. <ets>galgen</ets>, Icel. <ets>g\'belgi</ets>, Sw. & Dan. <ets>galge</ets>, Goth. <ets>galga</ets> a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, <ets>gallows</ets> is a noun in the plural number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded by <ets>a</ets>; <as>as, <ex>a gallows</ex></as>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A frame from which is suspended the rope with which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for suspending anything.</def>

<blockquote>So they hanged Haman on the <b>gallows</b>. <i>Esther vii. 10.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of <b>gallows</b>. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>O, there were desolation of gaolers and <b>gallowses<?/</b> <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A wretch who deserves the gallows.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Print.)</fld> <def>The rest for the tympan when raised.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <pluf>pl.</pluf> <def>A pair of suspenders or braces.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<cs><col>Gallows bird</col>, <cd>a person who deserves the gallows.</cd> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> -- <col>Gallows bitts</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>one of two or more frames amidships on deck for supporting spare spars; -- called also <altname>gallows</altname>, <altname>gallows top</altname>, <altname>gallows frame</altname>, etc.</cd> -- <col>Gallows frame</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>The frame supporting the beam of an engine.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>Gallows bitts.</cd> -- <col>Gallows</col>, &or; <col>Gallow tree</col>, <cd>the gallows.</cd></cs>

<blockquote> At length him nail\'82d on a <b>gallow tree</b>. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gallstone</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gall"stone`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall bladder or biliary passages. See <er>Calculus</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 1.</def>

<h1>Gally</h1> <Xpage=610>

<hw>Gal"ly</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gallow</er>, <tt>v. t.</tt>]</ety> <def>To frighten; to worry.</def> <mark>[Obs. or Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>T. Brown.</i>

<h1>Gally</h1> <Xpage=610>