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Galls

Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.

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noun
  1. 1

    Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.

  2. 2

    The gall bladder.

  3. 3

    Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.

  4. 4

    A feeling of exasperation.

verb
  1. 1

    To bother or trouble.

  2. 2

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

  3. 3

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

  4. 4

    To exasperate.

noun
  1. 1

    A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.

  2. 2

    A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.

verb
  1. 1

    To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.

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