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Definition of Galangals
1. galangal [n] - See also: galangal
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galangals
Literary usage of Galangals
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Lady's Assistant for Regulating and Supplying Her Table: Being a by Charlotte Mason (1777)
"... and fome * galangals and ... that is A Colouring for Brown Sauces. * galangals
is a root which grows in the Eaft-Indies. ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1853)
"... a quarter of a pound of cinnamon, one ounce of cloves, one ounce of long
pepper, half an ounce of grains of paradise, and half an ounce of galangals. ..."
3. The Chemistry of Common Life by James Finlay Weir Johnston, Arthur Herbert Church (1880)
"... a quarter of a pound of cinnamon, one ounce of cloves, one ounce of long-pepper,
half an ounce of grains of paradise, and half an ounce of galangals. ..."
4. Bygone England: Social Studies in Historic Byways and Highways by William Andrews (1892)
"... a quarter of cinnamon, one ounce of spice of cloves, one ounce of long pepper,
halfe an ounce of grains of paradise, and halfe an ounce of galangals, ..."
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