Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
gall , 1.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) A round gall produced on the leaves and shoots of various species of the oak tree. See
gall , andnutgall .
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- noun slight
protuberance on a tree, caused byinsects
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Examples
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He recognized the tincture of gallnut as a reagent for the iron properties of mineral water.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
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The silkworm, the lac insect, and the bee need no apologist; a gallnut produced by the puncture of a cynips on a Syrian oak is a necessary ingredient in the ink I am writing with, and from my windows I recognize the grain of the kermes and the cochineal in the gay habiliments of the holiday groups beneath them.
Earth as Modified by Human Action, The~ Chapter 02 (historical) 1874
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The silkworm, the lac insect, and the bee need no apologist; a gallnut produced by the puncture of a cynips on a Syrian oak is a necessary ingredient in the ink I am writing with, and from my windows I recognize the grain of the kermes and the cochineal in the gay habiliments of the holiday groups beneath them.
The Earth as Modified by Human Action George P. Marsh 1841
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