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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.

A large mosquito.

l wading birds, having long, webless toes, and a frontal shield, belonging to the family Rallidae. 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 ch…

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.