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galling |
3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gall \Gall\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Galled}; p. pr & vb n. {Galling}.] [OE. gallen; cf F. galer to scratch, rub, gale scurf, scab, G. galle a disease in horses' feet, an excrescence under the tongue of horses; of uncertain origin. Cf {Gall} gallnut.] 1. To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable. I am loth to gall a new-healed wound. --Shak. 2. To fret; to vex; as to be galled by sarcasm. They that are most galled with my folly, They most must laugh. --Shak. 3. To injure; to harass; to annoy; as the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy. In our wars against the French of old we used to gall them with our longbows, at a greater distance than they could shoot their arrows. --Addison. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Galling \Gall"ing\, a. Fitted to gall or chafe; vexing; harassing; irritating. -- {Gall"ing*ly}, adv From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: galling adj : causing irritation or annoyance; "tapping an annoying rhythm on his glass with his fork"; "aircraft noise is particularly bothersome near the airport"; "found it galling to have to ask permission"; "an irritating delay"; "nettlesome paperwork"; "a pesky mosquito"; "swarms of pestering gnats"; "a plaguey newfangled safety catch"; "a teasing and persistent thought annoyed him"; "a vexatious child"; "it is vexing to have to admit you are wrong" [syn: {annoying}, {bothersome}, {irritating}, {nettlesome}, {pesky}, {pestering}, {pestiferous}, {plaguy}, {plaguey}, {teasing}, {vexatious}, {vexing}]
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