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Pertaining to, or containing, galena.

The doctrines of Galen.

A follower of Galen.

Galena; lead ore.

A genus of flying Insectivora, formerly called flying lemurs. See Colugo.

Covered as with a hat or cap. Smart.

A cretaceous fossil sea urchin of the genus Galerites.

romatic roots; also, any plant of the same genus. Chaucer. Meadow, set with slender galingale. Tennyson.

A drinking bout in which every one pays an equal share. [Obs.]

Any of various calendars used by the ancient Greek states. The Attic calendar divided the year into twelve months of 29 and 30 days, as follows:

A time that will never come, as the Greeks had no calends.

A scale invented by the Rev. Edmund Gunter (1581-1626), a professor of astronomy at Gresham College, London, who invented also Gunter's chain, and Gunter's quadrant.

The upper edge of a vessel's or boat's side; the uppermost wale of a ship (not including the bulwarks); or that piece of timber which reaches on either side from the quarter-deck to the forecastle, being the uppermost bend, which finishes the upper works of the hull. [Written also gunnel.]

Sound; entire; healthy; robust; not impaired; as, a hale body. Last year we thought him strong and hale. Swift.

A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.

One who, or that which, heals.

Good for the heart. [Obs.]

= Jewish calendar.

Having seven units of attractive force or affinity; -- said of heptad elements or radicals.

Having a valence of six; -- said of hexads.