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A brisk, gay man. [Obs.] Selden is a galliard by himself. Cleveland.

Excessive gayety; merriment. [Obs.] The mirth and galliardise of company. Sir. T. Browne.

Gayety. [Obs.] Gayton.

Same as Galleass.

Pertaining to, or containing, gallium.

Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallic; French; as, the Gallican church or clergy.

The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within the Roman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought to restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the power of the national church. Schaff-Herzog Encyc.

A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom.

To conform to the French mode or idiom.

Worried; flurried; frightened. Ham. Nav. Encyc.

Like the Gallinae (or Galliformes) in structure.

Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense.

Senseless talk. [Obs. or R.] See Galimatias.

A hash of various kinds of meats, a ragout. Delighting in hodge-podge, gallimaufries, forced meat. King.

A substance obtained by the reduction of galleïn.

Same as Gallinae.

One of the Gallinae or gallinaceous birds.

Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae.

An order of birds, including the common domestic fowls, pheasants, grouse, quails, and allied forms; -- sometimes called Rasores.

Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating. -- Gall"ing*ly, adv.