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Definition of Gallic

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls. "The Gallic Wars"

2. Adjective. Of or pertaining to France or the people of France. "A Gallic shrug"

Definition of Gallic

1. a. Pertaining to, or containing, gallium.

2. a. Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like.

3. a. Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican.

Definition of Gallic

1. Adjective. Of or relating to Gaul or France. ¹

2. Adjective. Of, pertaining to, or derived from galls ¹

3. Adjective. (chemistry) Of or pertaining to gallic acid or its derivatives ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Gallic

1. containing gallium [adj]

Medical Definition of Gallic

1. Pertaining to, or containing, gallium. Origin: From Gallium. Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. Gallic acid, an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc, and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark colour with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink. Structure: C6H2(HO)3.CO2H Origin: From Gall the excrescence. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallic

galley galley-bird galley-worm galley proof galley slave galley slaves galleys gallflies gallfly galliard

galliardise galliardness galliards gallic gallic acid gallica gallican gallicanism gallicas gallicise

gallicised gallicises gallicising gallicism gallicisms gallicization gallicizations gallicize

Literary usage of Gallic

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

1. An Introduction to the Chemistry of Plant Products by Paul Haas, Thomas George Hill (1917)
"(NB—Neither pyrogallol nor gallic acid is precipitated by lead nitrate, though both give precipitates with lead acetate.) 7. Potassium cyanide gives a ..."

2. The Elements of Experimental Chemistry by William Henry, Robert Hare (1823)
"A considerable quantity of gallic acid separated in crystals, ... The solid, thus obtained, consisted partly of gallic acid, and partly of a new acid, ..."

3. System of Theoretical and Practical Chemistry by Friedrich Christian Accum (1808)
"Gallic acid exists in the gall-nut, an excrescence growing on some species of oaks ... PROPERTIES OF Gallic ACID. Gallic acid appears in the form of minute, ..."

4. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1907)
"Some have found no change in the ethereal sulphates, others a slight rise. The CO2 in the blood is unaltered. 2. Benzole and Gallic Acids. ..."

5. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"The Gallic nobles, justly dreading their revenge, either took refuge in the fortified cities, or fled from the wild scene of anarchy. ..."

6. Tribal Custom in Anglo-Saxon Law: Being an Essay Supplemental To: (1) The by Frederic Seebohm (1902)
"There is certainly nothing in these words, when carefully considered, which indicates in the slightest degree whether the Gallic wergeld was fixed, ..."

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