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A large mosquito.

. They are remarkable for running rapidly over marshes and on floating plants. The purple gallinule of America is Ionornis Martinica, that of the Old World is Porphyrio porphyrio. The common European gallinule (Gallinula chloropus) is also called moor hen, water hen, water rail, moor coot, night bird, and erroneously d…

See Galiot.

An inferior kind of olive oil, brought from Gallipoli, in Italy.

A glazed earthen pot or vessel, used by druggists and apothecaries for containing medicines, etc.

A rare metallic element, found in certain zinc ores. It is white, hard, and malleable, resembling aluminium, and remarcable for its low melting point (86

To play the beau; to wait upon the ladies; also, to roam about for pleasure without any definite plan. [Slang] Dickens.

A small armed vessel, with sails and oars, -- used on the Malabar coast. A. Chalmers.

A West Indian lizard (Celestus occiduus), about a foot long, imagined by the natives to be venomous.

In wine making, to add water and sugar to (unfermented grape juice) so as to increase the quantity of wine produced. -- Gal`li*za"tion (#), n.

A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See Gall, and Nutgall.

An excessive admiration of what is French. -- Gal`lo*ma"ni*ac, n.

A measure of capacity, containing four quarts; -- used, for the most part, in liquid measure, but sometimes in dry measure.

A similar bordering or binding of rich material, such as gold lace. Silver and gold galloons, with the like glittering gewgaws. Addison.

Furnished or adorned with galloon.

To move or run in the mode called a gallop; as a horse; to go at a gallop; to run or move with speed. But gallop lively down the western hill. Donne.

I horsemanship, a sidelong or curveting kind of gallop.

One who, or that which, gallops.

An under servant for the kitchen; a scullion; a cook's errand boy. [Obs.] Halliwell.

Going at a gallop; progressing rapidly; as, a galloping horse.