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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Gall, Gaw, n.¹ Also: gal. [ME. gall(e, OE. galla (also ᵹealla), ON. gall.] The gall-bladder or gall. Freq. in fig. use.(a) a1400 Leg. S. iii. 458.
Tharfor suld this latir man … The self bittirnes taste of gall Ib. xxviii. 262.
Olibrius … Thru bitirnes of gal was het c1450-2 Howlat 815.
I sall ryiue thé, ravyne, baith guttis and gall 1456 Hay I. 30/17.
As [if] thai war symple as a dow but gall a1499 Contempl. Sinn. 1540.
Glydand glaidnes temper with the gall c1500-c1512 Dunb. lxvii. 17.
Defy the warld. … With gall in hart, and hwnyt hals 1560 Rolland Seven S. 756.
Thay gar sweit licour swym abone, and gall is at the ground 1596 Misc. Spald. C. I. 89.
The barn, be thi witchecraft, … keist her gall(b) c1500-c1512 Dunbar Flyt. 183.
Obey, theif carle, or I sall breik thy gaw 1560 Rolland Seven S. 1298.
He was inflambit with cruell ire and gaw Ib. 2002.
Baith lung, leuer, and gaw 1560 Montgomery Mem. 159.
The maleis, rancour, and hatrent of our hartis and myndis, callit croo and gaw