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- verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
gall .
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Examples
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Swellings called galls sometimes appear on leaves, leafstalks, succulent shoots, or nuts of the current season's growth of hickory and pecan.
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She went in to call the galls, and I sot thar, shiverin all over so I couldn't hardly speak if I tried to, -- but I didn't say nothin.
Southern Literature From 1579-1895 A comprehensive review, with copious extracts and criticisms for the use of schools and the general reader Louise Manly 1896
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For instance, he implies that the beauty of the oak galls is something that was meant to bloom in the flower, that the galls are the scarlet sins of the tree, the tree's Ode to Dejection, yet he must have known that they are the work of an insect and are as healthy
The Last Harvest John Burroughs 1879
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So he and his colleagues began "sampling more systematically," collecting soil and bark, sap and abnormal growths called galls from trees on five continents.
News - latimes.com 2011
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These are called galls and are, in fact the plant's attempt to protect itself from an unusual occurrence.
Kottu 2010
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The natural infection without doubt is caused through superficial wounds, such as galls, barbed-wire cuts, or through various stable utensils, harness, bandages, insects, etc.
Special Report on Diseases of the Horse Charles B. Michener 1877
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To quote from a past post I wrote on this subject, it's "a plant fungus called Ustilago maydis and infects an ear of corn via the ovaries and turns the kernels into tumors or 'galls' and expands them to the point of becoming mini volcanoes of erupting black pus."
Deep End Dining Eddie Lin 2010
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Much as it galls me to do so, it is true and there is obviously a difference in the trend of characters between the genders.
Susannah's Journal skittledog 2009
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Much as it galls me to do so, it is true and there is obviously a difference in the trend of characters between the genders.
skittledog: Oh, the rich. How they mock you. skittledog 2009
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In return, Beijing's support for a nuclear-armed Pakistan that sponsors terrorism against India deeply galls New Delhi.
Leading in the Indian Ocean Thomas G. Mahnken 2011
GHibbs commented on the word galls
The word 'galls' is also the plural of the noun 'gall' as clearly recognised in the examples and photos.
June 4, 2012