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  • noun Plural form of gallnut.

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Examples

  • "Rishyasringa said, 'Let me give thee ripe fruits, such as gallnuts, myrobalans, Karushas, Ingudas from sandy tracts and Indian fig. May it please thee to take a delight in them!'"

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1 Books 1, 2 and 3 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • "'Rishyasringa said," Let me give thee ripe fruits, such as gallnuts, myrobalans, _Karushas, Ingudas_ from sandy tracts and Indian fig. May it please thee to take a delight in them! "'

    The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Vana Parva, Part 1 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli

  • He knows the story of his fate, we see the glitter of the sea among gallnuts and thistles, a sail in the distance.

    Cees Nooteboom greenintegerblog 2008

  • There was the smell of evening in the air, the smell of the fields in the country where they digged up turnips to peel them and eat them when they went out for a walk to Major Barton's, the smell there was in the little wood beyond the pavilion where the gallnuts were.

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922

  • There was the smell of evening in the air, the smell of the fields in the country where they digged up turnips to peel them and eat them when they went out for a walk to Major Barton's, the smell there was in the little wood beyond the pavilion where the gallnuts were.

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man Joyce, James, 1882-1941 1922

  • There was the smell of evening in the air, the smell of the fields in the country where they digged up turnips to peel them and eat them when they went out for a walk to Major Barton's, the smell there was in the little wood beyond the pavilion where the gallnuts were.

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man James Joyce 1911

  • When it is warm, powdered gallnuts and iron filings should be added to it, and the whole should be warmed again.

    Tales of Old Japan Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale 1876

  • There was the smell of evening in the air, the smell of the fields in the country where they digged up turnips to peel them and eat them when they went out for a walk to Major Barton’s, the smell there was in the little wood beyond the pavilion where the gallnuts were.

    A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man 2003

  • The liquid is then painted on to the teeth by means of a soft feather brush, with more powdered gallnuts and iron, and, after several applications, the desired colour will be obtained. "

    Tales of Old Japan Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford Redesdale 1876

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