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Definition gall

Etymology 1

From Middle English galle, from Old English galla, ?ealla, from Proto-Germanic *gallô, of unknown origin. Related to Dutch gal, German Galle, Swedish galle, galla. There may also be influence from Old English geolu (“yellow”).

Noun

gall (countable and uncountable, plural galls)

1. (anatomy, obsolete, uncountable) Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
2. (anatomy) The gall bladder.
3. (uncountable, obsolete) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
4. (Can we clean up this sense?) (countable) A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
5. (uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.
6. (uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
7. (medicine, obsolete, countable) A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
8. (countable) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
9. (countable) A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.