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1Water gall — Wa ter gall 1. A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a washout. [1913 Webster] 2. A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying the rainbow; a secondary or broken rainbow. [1913 Webster] These water galls, in her dim element, Foretell… …
2water gall — noun 1. obsolete : a spot of low boggy land 2. chiefly dialect : a watery or rainy look in the sky usually accompanying a rainbow; also : a secondary or broken rainbow 3. : jellyfish * * * …
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4Water oak — Oak Oak ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and… …
5Water white oak — Oak Oak ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and… …
6Gall — (1) Heb. mererah, meaning bitterness (Job 16:13); i.e., the bile secreted in the liver. This word is also used of the poison of asps (20:14), and of the vitals, the seat of life (25). 2) Heb. rosh. In Deut. 32:33 and Job 20:16 it denotes… …
7Weather gall — Weather Weath er, n. [OE. weder, AS. weder; akin to OS. wedar, OFries. weder, D. weder, we[^e]r, G. wetter, OHG. wetar, Icel. ve[eth]r, Dan. veir, Sw. v[ a]der wind, air, weather, and perhaps to OSlav. vedro fair weather; or perhaps to Lith.… …
8Oak marble gall — Oak marble galls develop as a chemically induced distortion of leaf buds on pedunculate oak ( Quercus robur ), or sessile oak ( Quercus petraea ) trees, caused by the parthenogenetic …
9Iron gall ink — Oak galls and iron(II) sulfate, ingredients of iron gall ink Iron gall ink (also known as iron gall nut ink or oak gall ink) is a purple black or brown black ink made from iron salts and tannic acids from vegetable sources. It was the st …
10Oak gall — Oak Oak ([=o]k), n. [OE. oke, ok, ak, AS. [=a]c; akin to D. eik, G. eiche, OHG. eih, Icel. eik, Sw. ek, Dan. eeg.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Bot.) Any tree or shrub of the genus {Quercus}. The oaks have alternate leaves, often variously lobed, and… …
