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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gallic \Gal"lic\, a. [From {Gallium}.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to or containing, gallium.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gallic \Gal"lic\ (277), a. [From {Gall} the excrescence.]
Pertaining to or derived from galls, nutgalls, and the
like
{Gallic acid} (Chem.), 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, {C6H2(HO)3.CO2H},
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 color with iron salts,
forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the
essential ingredients of common black ink.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gallic \Gal"lic\, a. [L. Gallicus belonging to the Gauls, fr
Galli the Gauls, Gallia Gaul, now France: cf F. gallique.]
Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
Gallic
adj 1: of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls; "Ancient Gallic
dialects"; "Gallic migrations"; "the Gallic Wars"
[syn: {Gallic}]
2: of or pertaining to France or the people of France; "French
cooking"; "a gallic shrug" [syn: {French}, {Gallic}]
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