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Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. Gallic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance, C6H2(HO)3.CO2H, with an astringent taste, and is a st…

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.

Opposed to what is Gallic or French.

Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid called pyrogallol. See Pyrogallol.

Pertaining to, or designating, an acid which is obtained from gallic acid as a brown or red crystalline substance, and is related to rufiopin and anthracene.

A paroxysm; a fit of passion; an outburst; as, an access of fury. [A Gallicism]

int-stock company, or in the public funds; hence, in the plural, equivalent to stocks. [A Gallicism] [Obs.] The Euripus of funds and actions. Burke.

To be present as a spectator; as, to assist at a public meeting. [A Gallicism] Gibbon. Prescott.

Persons present. [Obs. or a Gallicism]

The ring of the fruit of several East Indian species of acacia; neb-neb. It contains gallic acid and tannin, and is used for dyeing drab.

stily, as if for a memorandum; -- usually in the plural; as, Caesar's Commentaries on the Gallic War.

cal America (Cæsalpinia coriaria), whose legumes contain a large proportion of tannic and gallic acid, and are used by tanners and dyers.

Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, ellagic acid. Ellagic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, C14H8O9, found in bezoar stones, and obtained by the oxidation of gallic acid.

or show, as of industrial and artistic productions; as, the Paris Exposition of 1878. [A Gallicism]

To make French; to infect or imbue with the manners or tastes of the French; to Gallicize. Burke.

A salt of gallic acid.

A red crystalline dyestuff, obtained by heating together pyrogallic and phthalic acids.