Insolence

noun

1. Brazen boldness often with brash self-confidence nerve, effrontery

   "I can't believe she said that! What gall!"

2. Bile
3. Something bitter to endure

   "… Ed McBain's new 87th Precinct police procedural, whose dark plot of romantic betrayal and legal injustice comes laced with the bitter gall of irony."

4. Bitterness of spirit rancor

   "He seemed to be full of hatred and gall against every thing and every body in the world …"

verb

1. Irritate, vex

   "sarcasm galls her"

2. To fret and wear away by friction chafe

   "the loose saddle galled the horse's back"

3. To become sore or worn by rubbing
4. Seize

noun

1. An abnormal outgrowth of plant tissue usually due to insect or mite parasites or fungi and sometimes forming an important source of tannin see gall wasp

noun

1. A skin sore caused by chronic irritation
2. A cause or state of exasperation
3. Flaw

noun

1. Any of numerous minute dipteran flies (family Cecidomyiidae) most of which cause gall formation in plants

noun

1. Any of various minute 4-legged mites (family Eriophyidae) that form galls on plants

noun

1. Any of a family (Cynipidae) of hymenopterous gallflies

noun

1. A disease that affects many species of plants and is caused by a bacterium (Agrobacterium tumefaciens) which forms tumorous enlargements usually just below the ground on the stem

noun

1. Bile obtained from an ox
2. A preparation consisting of alcohol mixed with ox bile that is used chiefly as a wetting agent (as for watercolors)

   "… painting large, flat areas in gouache can be difficult because of its tendency to streak. Adding a few dozen drops of ox gall to the cup of mixing water can minimize streaking by slowing drying time …"

geographical name

1. Canton of northeastern Switzerland bordering on Liechtenstein and Austria area 778 square miles (2015 square kilometers), population 492,000
2. Commune in northeastern Switzerland that is the capital of the canton of Saint Gall population 74,500