Crossword clues for galled
galled
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gall \Gall\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Galled (g[add]ld); p. pr. & vb. n. Galling.] [OE. gallen; cf. F. galer to scratch, rub, gale scurf, scab, G. galle a disease in horses' feet, an excrescence under the tongue of horses; of uncertain origin. Cf. Gall gallnut.]
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To fret and wear away by friction; to hurt or break the skin of by rubbing; to chafe; to injure the surface of by attrition; as, a saddle galls the back of a horse; to gall a mast or a cable.
I am loth to gall a new-healed wound.
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To fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm.
They that are most galled with my folly, They most must laugh.
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To injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled by the shot of the enemy.
In our wars against the French of old, we used to gall them with our longbows, at a greater distance than they could shoot their arrows.
--Addison.
Wiktionary
vb. (en-past of: gall)
WordNet
adj. painful from having the skin abraded [syn: chafed]
Usage examples of "galled".
Of course, Gillings had to be ruthless and consider only the larger aspect, the safety of the City, but it galled Daffyd to think that Gillings could so offhandedly dismiss the personal trials of the Talented.
The stallion plunged beside her, galled by the spurred talons of Sean’s dragonets.
It galled him to the bone to have to take a skimmer back to Sorka and the others who waited to hear what had happened.
They also redistributed the lighter items from the sleds of the galled teams to ease their burden, and Red himself made certain that all harnesses were flexible enough and fitted perfectly.
What galled me excessively was that most of my half_blood half sisters were far prettier than any of the full blood, with the exception of Silma, my next oldest sister.
It galled her because she'd played them often enough when Petiron was alive.
While it galled him to admit that K’lior had had a worthwhile idea, he could tell by the looks of his Wingleaders that he had no choice but to go with it.
On a very basic level, it galled Torgar to think that petty arguments and commerce would come between that all-important bond.
What galled her was that whatever foolish Baenre whelp had been responsible for the logistics of the deal had never bothered to put enough troops loyal to the House in place to ensure that nothing like this ever happened.
The loss of his support was a tough blow, but what galled her more was how foolish he'd made her look—foolish in the eyes of her peers.
He found that the acids bleached or eliminated the galled ink writing, while the sodium hydroxide changed the color to a dark red.
Curzio's ink penetrated deeply, like a modern galled ink, and unlike an ancient ink formed from soot.
She was sure that he was watching them, and the thought that he was seeing her forced to be the butt of obscenities galled her far more than what the Deoran was saying.
When these dark folk were forever asking for you, it galled me to distraction that I could not with honor oblige them… So like a fool I set flight willy-nilly toward my father's house, thinking only to escape hearing your name for a while.
Bevan responded with unfailing and indifferent courtesy, which galled Cuin to helpless fury.