Defn: Same as Galoche.
GALPE
Galpe, v. i.
Defn: To gape,; to yawn. [Obs.] Chaucer.
GALSOME
Gal"some, a. Etym: [Gall bitterness + some.]
Defn: Angry; malignant. [Obs.] Bp. Morton.
GALT
Galt, n Etym: [See Gault.]
Defn: Same as Gault.
GALVANIC
Gal*van"ic, a. Etym: [From Galvani, a professor of physiology at
Bologna, on account of his connection (about 1780) with the discovery
of dynamical or current electricity: cf. F. galvanique.]
Defn: Of or pertaining to, or exhibiting the phenomena of, galvanism; employing or producing electrical currents. Galvanic battery (Elec.), an apparatus for generating electrical currents by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; — now usually called voltaic battery. See Battery. — Galvanic circuit or circle. (Elec.) See under Circuit. — Galvanic pile (Elec.), the voltaic pile. See under Voltaic.
GALVANISM Gal"va*nism, n Etym: [From Galvani: cf. F. galvanisme. See Galvanic.] (Physics) (a) Electricity excited by the mutual action of certain liquids and metals; dynamical electricity. (b) The branch of physical science which treats of dynamical elecricity, or the properties and effects of electrical currents.