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A little tile of glazed earthenware. [Obs.] "The substance of galletyle." Bacon.

One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.

The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.]

A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or "thousand legs." See Chilognatha.

An insect that deposits its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of the genus Cynips and allied genera. See Illust. of Gall.

Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse.

Gallic; French. [Obs.] Shak.

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.