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Halliwell.


Gal"lop*ing (?), a. Going at a
gallop; progressing rapidly; as, a galloping horse.


Gal`lo*tan"nic (?), a. [Gall
nutgall + tannic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to the
tannin or nutgalls.


Gallotannic acid. See Tannic acid,
under Tannic.


Gal"low (?), v. t. [Cf. AS.
āgelwan to stupefy.] To fright or terrify. See
Gally, v. t.
[Obs.] Shak.


Gal"lo*way (?), n. (Zoöl.)
A small horse of a breed raised at Galloway, Scotland; --
called also garran, and garron.


Gal"low*glass` (?), n. [Ir.
galloglach. Cf. Gillie.] A heavy-armed foot
soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward
&?;
Shak.


Gal"lows (?), n. sing.; pl.
Gallowses (#) or Gallows. [OE.
galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross;
akin to D.


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