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Found 3 hits - Term: galled, Database: *, Strategy: exact
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gall \gall\, v. t. imp.  p. p. galled gaddld; 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.
   1. 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.
      1913 webster

            i am loth to gall a new-healed wound. --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. to fret; to vex; as, to be galled by sarcasm.
      1913 webster

            they that are most galled with my folly,
            they most must laugh.                 --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. to injure; to harass; to annoy; as, the troops were galled
      by the shot of the enemy.
      1913 webster

            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.
      1913 webster
see also:
galled galling gall 
[2] : WordNet (r) 2.0
galled
     adj : painful from having the skin abraded syn: chafed
see also:
chafed 
[3] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
37 moby thesaurus words for "galled":
   aggravated, algetic, angry, annoyed, bothered, browned-off, bugged,
   burning, burnt-up, chafed, disturbed, exasperated, festering,
   fiery, griped, inflamed, irked, irritated, miffed, nettled, peeved,
   piqued, provoked, rankling, raw, red, resentful, riled, roiled,
   ruffled, sensitive, smarting, sore, tender, tingling, troubled,
   vexed





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