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Galpe (?), v. i. To gape,; to
yawn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

Gal"some (?), a. [Gall
bitterness + some.] Angry; malignant. [Obs.]
Bp. Morton.

Galt (?), n. [See Gault.]
Same as Gault.

Gal*van"ic (?), a. [From
Galvani, a professor of physiology at Bologna, on account of
his connection (about 1780) with the discovery of dynamical or
current electricity: cf. F. galvanique.] Of or pertaining
to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, galvanism; employing or producing
electrical currents.

Galvanic battery (Elec.), an
apparatus for generating electrical currents by the mutual action of
certain liquids and metals; -- now usually called voltaic
battery. See Battery. -- Galvanic
circuit or circle. (Elec.) See under
Circuit. -- Galvanic pile
(Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under
Voltaic.

Gal"va*nism (?), n.


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