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A strong current of air; a wind between a stiff breeze and a hurricane. The most violent gales are called tempests.

The upper lip or helmet-shaped part of a labiate flower.

See Galleass.

Wearing a helmet; protected by a helmet; covered, as with a helmet.

That division of elasmobranch fishes which includes the sharks.

luish gray color and metallic luster, and is cubic in crystallization and cleavage. False galena. See Blende.

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.

The language spoken in Bengal.

Of or pertaining to Bengal. -- n. sing. & pl. A native or natives of Bengal.

the language of the Cingalese. -- a.

petticoat. We'll revel it as bravely as the best, . . . With ruffs and cuffs, and farthingales and things. Shak.

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

A gentle gale of wind.

A madrigalist.