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Definition of Galled
1. Adjective. Painful from having the skin abraded.
Definition of Galled
1. Verb. (past of gall) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Galled
1. gall [v] - See also: gall
Lexicographical Neighbors of Galled
Literary usage of Galled
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Dictionary of National Biography by Sidney Lee (1909)
"Hawley had left his guns behind; the duke's guns were distributed by pairs between
the infantry battalions, and their fire so galled the highlanders as to ..."
2. Handy-book of Literary Curiosities by William Shepard Walsh (1892)
"Hamlet," " Let the galled jade wince, our withers are unstrung"). Substantially the
same idea is expressed in the Biblical words, "The wicked flee when mi ..."
3. The Port Folio by Joseph Dennie, Asbury Dickins (1822)
"... nor the galled feelings arising from the unwise elevation of one part of the
people on a religious account over the other part; and where the people (as ..."
4. Diary and correspondence of samuel pepys f.r.s.. by Samuel Pepys (1854)
"... the Scotch privateers, which have galled them of late very much, it may be
more than all our last year's fleete. 4th. To the office, where a great ..."
5. A Brief Historical Relation of State Affairs from September 1678 to April 1714 by Narcissus Luttrell (1857)
"1^ galled over the 22d instant; and debated some The lords agreed to their addresse.
and ordered the lords with white staves to know when her majestic would ..."
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