GAITRE; GAYTRE
Gai"tre, Gay"tre (, n. Etym: [OE. Cf. Gatten tree.]
Defn: The dogwood tree. [Obs.] Chaucer.
GALA
Ga"la, n. Etym: [F. gala show, pomp, fr. It. gala finery, gala; of
German origin. See Gallant.]
Defn: Pomp, show, or festivity. Macaulay. Gala day, a day of mirth and festivity; a holiday.
GALACTA-GOGUE
Ga*lac"ta-gogue, n. Etym: [Gr. (Med.)
Defn: An agent exciting secretion of milk.
GALACTIC
Ga*lac"tic, a. Etym: [Gr. Galaxy, and cf. Lactic.]
1. Of or pertaining to milk; got from milk; as, galactic acid.
2. Of or pertaining to the galaxy or Milky Way. Galactic circle (Astron.), the great circle of the heavens, to which the course of the galaxy most nearly conforms. Herschel. — Galactic poles, the poles of the galactic circle.
GALACTIN Ga*lac"tin, n. Etym: [Gr. Lactin.] (Chem.) (a) An amorphous, gelatinous substance containing nitrogen, found in milk and other animal fluids. It resembles peptone, and is variously regarded as a coagulating or emulsifying agent. (b) A white waxy substance found in the sap of the South American cow tree (Galactodendron). (c) An amorphous, gummy carbohydrate resembling gelose, found in the seeds of leguminous plants, and yielding on decomposition several sugars, including galactose.