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Definition of Gallied
1. p. p. & a. Worried; flurried; frightened.
Definition of Gallied
1. Adjective. (nautical) worried; flurried; frightened ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Gallied
1. gally [v] - See also: gally
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallied
Literary usage of Gallied
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of (1875)
"Palmer, Sock—" gallied. Frightened." Pulman—" GALLY (from the AS ... "gallied.
Frightened. ' Skies gallow the wanderer.'"—K. Lear, in. 2. ..."
2. Ocean Life in the Old Sailing Ship Days: From Forecastle to Quarter-deck by John D. Whidden (1908)
"In less time than it takes to write it, the whole school, having become gallied,
were off to wind'ard, going " fin out," like mad. When the mate discovered ..."
3. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy (1920)
"He continued— 'We've all been gallied at the dairy at what might ha' been a most
terrible affliction since you and your Mis'ess—so to name her now—left us ..."
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