Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun An obsolete or occasional spelling of galley.
  • Same as gallow.
  • Like gall; bitter as gall.
  • Characterized by galls or abraded spots.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Like gall; bitter as gall.
  • noun See galley, n., 4.
  • transitive verb Obs. or Prov. Eng. To frighten; to worry.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun Alternative spelling of galley.

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  • "...the need to remain as quiet as possible so as not to alarm or 'gally' the whale..."

    --Nathaniel Philbrick, In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex, 51

    May 1, 2008

  • "He had a way of calling a whisper, loud enough for us all to hear, but not loud enough to gally the whales."

    Jamrach's Menagerie by Carol Birch, p 96 of the Doubleday hardcover

    January 11, 2012