The Collaborative International Dictionary
Gally \Gal"ly\, v. t. [See Gallow, v. t.]
To frighten; to worry. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.]
--T. Brown.
Gally \Gall"y\, a.
Like gall; bitter as gall.
--Cranmer.
Gally \Gal"ly\, n. See Galley, n., 4.
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Etymology 1 n. (archaic form of galley English) Etymology 2
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Like gall; bitter as gall. Etymology 3
v
(context obsolete UK dialect English) To frighten; to worry.
Usage examples of "gally".
Best, therefore, withhold any amazement at the strangely gallied whales before us, for there is no folly of the beasts of the earth which is not infinitely outdone by the madness of men.
Tell ye what, ye still look in pretty good nick, Gally, for aw the abuse ye gie yirsel.
Mr Lawson gies Gally the type ay glance a gatecrashing community-care jakey would git at a cheese-and-wine party.
One clause will suffice: "Every man and woman duly twice a day upon the first towling of the Bell shall upon the working daies repaire unto the church, to hear divine service upon pain of losing his or her allowance for the first omission, for the second to be whipt, and for the third to be condemned to the Gallies for six months.