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Gallicanism :: Gallicanism (n.) The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within the Roman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought to restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the power of the national church..

Gallimaufry :: Gallimaufry (n.) Any absurd medley; a hotchpotch.

Gallyambic :: Gallyambic (a.) Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse..

Tantivy :: Tantivy (n.) A rapid, violent gallop; an impetuous rush..

Gallowses :: Gallowses (pl. ) of Gallow.

Gallery :: Gallery (a.) A working drift or level.

Galeas :: Galeas (n.) See Galleass.

Cinque-pace :: Cinque-pace (n.) A lively dance (called also galliard), the steps of which were regulated by the number five..

Wallop :: Wallop (v. i.) To move quickly, but with great effort; to gallop..

Bastardize :: Bastardize (v. t.) To make or prove to be a bastard; to stigmatize as a bastard; to declare or decide legally to be illegitimate.

Water Measure :: Water measure () A measure formerly used for articles brought by water, as coals, oysters, etc. The water-measure bushel was three gallons larger than the Winchester bushel..

Knoppern :: Knoppern (n.) A kind of gall produced by a gallfly on the cup of an acorn, -- used in tanning and dyeing..

Attorney :: Attorney (n.) One who is legally appointed by another to transact any business for him; an attorney in fact.

Pyrogallic :: Pyrogallic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid called pyrogallol. See Pyrogallol..

Gallant :: Gallant (a.) Polite and attentive to ladies; courteous to women; chivalrous.

Galliard :: Galliard (a.) A gay, lively dance. Cf. Gailliarde..

Escheat :: Escheat (n.) The reverting of real property to the State, as original and ultimate proprietor, by reason of a failure of persons legally entitled to hold the same..

Sandiver :: Sandiver (n.) A whitish substance which is cast up, as a scum, from the materials of glass in fusion, and, floating on the top, is skimmed off; -- called also glass gall..

Bedegar :: Bedegar (n.) A gall produced on rosebushes, esp. on the sweetbrier or eglantine, by a puncture from the ovipositor of a gallfly (Rhodites rosae). It was once supposed to have medicinal properties..

Chase :: Chase (v.) A division of the floor of a gallery, marked by a figure or otherwise; the spot where a ball falls, and between which and the dedans the adversary must drive his ball in order to gain a point..

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