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Definition of Gally

1. v. t. To frighten; to worry.

2. a. Like gall; bitter as gall.

3. n. See Galley, n., 4.

Definition of Gally

1. Noun. (alternative spelling of galley) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gally

1. to frighten [v -LIED, -LYING, -LIES] - See also: frighten

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gally

Literary usage of Gally

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"gally. To frighten ; to taunt ; to harass; 4 G ALLEY-BAUK. ... A stately gallic or gally- foist that the Duke of Venice goes in triumph in," Florio, p. 70. ..."

2. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1904)
"gally.gaskins. G USE, (1) ». A goose. (2) pre». t. Goes. GASE-HOUND, ». ... (2) A gally-gaskin. (2) ». To frighten ; to be fright. ened. GAST-BIKU, ». ..."

3. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"The James gally has brought in a French prize laden with wine and salt. ... with the Russell gally, imediately stood off to sea after him. ..."

4. The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine by Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew (1835)
"... standing for my conception : and his plenishing of the gally, and composing of the forme, encoun- tring with the supposed equi-valve of my writing, ..."

5. Chambers's Cyclopædia of English Literature: A History, Critical and by Robert Chambers (1876)
"HENRY gally KNIGHT. Some Eastern tales in the manner and measure of Byron were written by an accomplished man of fortune, MR HENRY gally KNIGHT (1786-1846). ..."

6. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of (1875)
"To frighten; to taunt; to harass; to hurry. West. Moor mentions an apparition called a gally-trot." " gally-TRAPS. Any frightful ornaments, headdresses, ..."

7. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1847)
"gally-HALFPENNY. An inferior foreign coin prohibited by Henry VIII. ... gally-TILES. Little square tiles, like those of polished earthenware sometimes seen ..."

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