Defn: Going at a gallop; progressing rapidly; as, a galloping horse.
GALLOTANNIC
Gal`lo*tan"nic, a. Etym: [Gall nutgall + tannic.] (Chem.)
Defn: Pertaining to the tannin or nutgalls. Gallotannic acid. See
Tannic acid, under Tannic.
GALLOW
Gal"low, v. t. Etym: [Cf. AS. agelwan to stupefy.]
Defn: To fright or terrify. See Gally, v. t. [Obs.] Shak.
GALLOWAY
Gal"lo*way, n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: A small horse of a breed raised at Galloway, Scotland; — called also garran, and garron.
GALLOWGLASS
Gal"low*glass`, n. Etym: [Ir. galloglach. Cf. Gillie.]
Defn: A heavy-armed foot soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward Shak.
GALLOWS Gal"lows, n. sing.; pl. Gallowses or Gallows. Etym: [OE. galwes, pl., AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG. galgo, G. galgen, Icel. galgi, Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross. Etymologically and historically considered, gallows is a noun in the plural number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded by a; as, a gallows.]