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Definition of Nutgalls
1. nutgall [n] - See also: nutgall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Nutgalls
Literary usage of Nutgalls
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Lessons on Objects: Graduated Series : Designed for Children Between the by Elizabeth Mayo (1869)
"nutgalls are obtained from a small, shrubby oak, that grows abundantly in ...
The nutgalls are caused by a small fly, which pierces the bark of the young ..."
2. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, George Bliss, Samuel Kneeland, John Trowbridge, Charles Robert Cross (1859)
"nutgalls, gives ten pounds of ink, which does not deposit sediment or turn mouldy,
and flows readily from the pen. ..."
3. The Annual of Scientific Discovery, Or, Year-book of Facts in Science and Art by David Ames Wells, Charles Robert Cross, John Trowbridge, Samuel Kneeland, George Bliss (1858)
"nutgalls, gives ten pounds of ink, which does not deposit sediment or turn mouldy,
and flows readily from the pen. ..."
4. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1874)
"Dr. Garrigues read an essay on American Bromine Production, in answer to Query
11, which was accepted and referred. He then exhibited some nutgalls ..."
5. Reports on Trade at the Treaty Ports by China Hai guan zong shui wu si shu (1880)
"The quantity of nutgalls exported during 1879 Wils 24656 ... nutgalls are
principally exported to Foreign countries from Shanghai and Canton. ..."
6. A practical treatise on the manufacture of paper in all its branches by Carl Hofmann (1873)
"nutgalls or gallic acid (C?HO3 + 2HO) are crushed into small pieces and boiled
with water. The clear solution is drawn off and gives, with copperas, ..."
7. A New and Complete Treatise on the Arts of Tanning, Currying, and Leather by Hippolyte Dussauce (1867)
"nutgalls. THERE is no other natural product that affords so much tannin as those
... The tree which affords those galls that are commonly known as nutgalls, ..."
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