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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.
📖 Definitions of "Galls"
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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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The gall bladder.
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Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
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A feeling of exasperation.
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To bother or trouble.
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To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
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To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
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To exasperate.
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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.
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A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
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To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
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