Galgal, Celt. A Celtic or megalithic monument, more commonly called Tumulus.
Galiot, Galliot (dimin. of galère). A ship moved by both sails and oars.
Gall (A.S. gealla). In an animal, a bitter yellowish green fluid secreted by the gall-bladder. Ox-gall, clarified by boiling with animal charcoal and filtering, is used in water-colour and in ivory painting to make the colours spread more evenly upon the paper, ivory, &c.: mixed with gum-arabic it thickens, and fixes the colours. A coating of it sets black-lead or crayon drawings. This word is also applied to anything exceedingly bitter, especially to the bitter potion which it was customary among the Jews to give to persons suffering death under sentence of the law, for the purpose of rendering them less sensible to pain. ὄξος μετὰ χολῆς, “vinegar to drink mingled with gall.” (Matt. xxvii. 34.)
Galle (Tours de), Celt. A name applied to certain ancient monuments in France, built by the Gauls.
Galleon (Sp. galeon). A large Spanish ship, formerly used in trading to America as a war vessel.
Gallery, Gen. A covered place much longer than it is wide. In Christian archæology it is a kind of tribune situated above the side aisles, and having bays over the nave; it is also called Triforium (q.v.).
Fig. 344. Device of Cardinal Richelieu, from the Galerie d’Orléans, Palais Royal.
Galley (Icelandic galleyda). A one-decked vessel, navigated with sails and oars, in Heraldry called a Lymphad (q.v.). The prow of a galley (Fig. [344]), one of the devices adopted by Cardinal Richelieu, may still be seen among the architectural decorations of his palace.
Galloon (Sp. galon). A narrow kind of lace made of silk woven with cotton, gold, or silver; or of silk only.