Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Worn away by washing; hence, sterile: said of land.
  • Fretted or excoriated; abraded: as, a galled back.
  • Characterized by galls. See gall, n.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of gall.

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  • adjective painful from having the skin abraded

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Examples

  • As much as the idea galled him, he'd have to put aside his own agenda until things returned to normal after the invasion -- if they did -- and cooperate to the best of his ability.

    The Alembic Plot A Terran Empire novel Ann Wilson

  • I read today that Hillary is "galled" and "insulted" that Palin is comparing herself to her.

    "Palin is now where she is ... not because she has fought her way to the top of the national greasy pole." Ann Althouse 2008

  • It kind of galled him, but it would work; Maury knew it would.

    Shiver Jackson, Lisa 2006

  • But Senator Clinton was "galled" that Mrs Palin might try to capitalise on the impact she made among women voters during the Democratic primaries,

    Top Stories - Google News 2008

  • I know they do not mean to be unkind but it kind of galled me. "

    TrinidadExpress Today's News 2008

  • Also, to one side, limped a score or more of foot-sore, yoke-galled, skeleton oxen, that ever paused to nip at the occasional tufts of withered grass, and that ever were prodded on by the tired-faced youths who herded them.

    Chapter 12 2010

  • His shoulders and chest, galled by the pack-straps, made him think, and for the first time with understanding, of the horses he had seen on city streets.

    THE TASTE OF THE MEAT 2010

  • He said he pursued information about the pornography matter because it "galled me to no end" that SEC employees were spending "hours and hours over weeks and weeks" viewing porn while collecting government pay.

    SEC porn sting netted workers in 7 cities 2011

  • He put his galled shoulder to the haul-rope and took the river-trail south.

    FINIS 2010

  • His flesh was galled by many days of contact with the haul-rope.

    FINIS 2010

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