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gilly
English
Etymology 1
Noun
gilly (plural gillies)
- Alternative spelling of gillie (“a guide”)
Etymology 2
Noun
gilly (uncountable)
- (slang) The drink torpedo juice.
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gally
English
Etymology 1
Noun
gally (plural gallies)
- Archaic form of galley.
- 1761, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A discourse upon the origin and foundation of the inequality among mankind, page 200:
- In the Year 1746, an Indian of Buenos Ayres having been condemned to the Gallies at Cadiz, proposed to the Governor to purchase his Liberty by exposing his Life at a public Festival.
- 1761, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, A discourse upon the origin and foundation of the inequality among mankind, page 200:
Etymology 2
From gall +? -y.
Adjective
gally (comparative more gally, superlative most gally)
- Characterised by or resembling gall; bitter.
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, XXV:
- For by the Dart, which is likewise a pipe, is made a deep passage into the skin, and then by the anger of the Fly, is his gally poisonous liquor injected […].
- 1665, Robert Hooke, Micrographia, XXV:
Etymology 3
See gallow (transitive verb).
Verb
gally (third-person singular simple present gallies, present participle gallying, simple past and past participle gallied)
- (obsolete, Britain, dialect) To frighten; to worry.
- April 8 1700, Tom Brown, letter to Mr. Briscoe in Covent-Garden
- The next Day being Sunday, call'd by the Natives of this Country Maze Sunday, (and indeed not without some Reason, for the People look'd as if they were gallied) […]
- April 8 1700, Tom Brown, letter to Mr. Briscoe in Covent-Garden
Etymology 4
gal +? -y
Noun
gally (plural not attested)
- Diminutive of gal (“girl”)
Synonyms
- girlie
References
Anagrams
- gyall
Hungarian
Etymology
From a Slavic language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [???j?]
- Rhymes: -?j?
Noun
gally (plural gallyak)
- twig
Declension
See also
- Appendix:Hungarian words with ly
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