galling

To bother or trouble.

To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.

To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.

To exasperate.

To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.

“Improper cooling and a dull milling blade on titanium can gall the surface.”

To scoff; to jeer.

To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.

Wear caused by adhesion between sliding surfaces.

Vexing, humiliating