Defn: Excessive gayety; merriment. [Obs.]
The mirth and galliardise of company. Sir. T. Browne.
GALLIARDNESS
Gal"liard*ness, n.
Defn: Gayety. [Obs.] Gayton.
GALLIASS
Gal"li*ass, n.
Defn: Same as Galleass.
GALLIC
Gal"lic, a. Etym: [From Gallium.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or containing, gallium.
GALLIC
Gal"lic (277), a. Etym: [From Gall the excrescence.]
Defn: Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. Gallic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance, C6H2(HO)3.CO2H, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink.
GALLIC
Gal"lic, a. Etym: [L. Gallicus belonging to the Gauls, fr. Galli the
Gauls, Gallia Gaul, now France: cf. F. gallique.]