gain, n. [increase], [profit], [advantage], increment, acquisition, [accumulation], accretion, [store], hoarding; emolument, lucre.
gain, v. [get], acquire, [achieve], [win], [obtain], [attain]; conciliate, [persuade], induce.
gainsay, v. [contradict], [dispute], [deny], controvert, impugn.
gaiters, n. pl. [spats], spatterdashes, leggings, gramashes, puttee.
gale, n. [wind], [tempest]; [excitement], [confusion], [flurry].
gall, n. [bile]; [bitterness], [rancor], [spite], malignity.
gall, n. (Slang) [impudence], audacity, effrontery, [insolence].
gall, v. [chafe], [fret]; [vex], [annoy], [harass], [worry], [exasperate].
gallant, a. [polite], deferential, [courtly], [chivalrous].
gallant, n. [spark], [beau], cicisbeo, philander; [lover], suitor; [seducer], paramour.