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spur-galled, ppl. a. Obs. exc. arch.
[f. prec.]
Galled by spurs; having or suffering from a gall or galls caused by the spur.
1608Machin Dumbe Knt. iii, I am at my wits' end, and am made Duller than any spurgal'd, tyred Jade. 1641J. Day Parl. Bees v. (1881) 35 Tho' this, and such gald jades, Were [? read Mere] spurre-gald-hackneyes, kick at their betters. 1688Lond. Gaz. No. 2382/4 A black Gelding, about 14 hands,..spur gall'd on both sides. 1691Ibid. 2709/4 A Spur gall'd, old poor Mare. 1821Lamb Elia i. My Relations, A broken⁓winded or spur-galled horse is sure to find an advocate in him.
b. Freq. in fig. use.
c1590Montgomerie Misc. Poems iii. 31 Then spurgald sporters they began to speill. a1618Raleigh Prerog. Parl. (1628) 42 Your Lordship doth remember the spurgald proverbe, that necessitie hath no law. 1635Laud Wks. (1860) VII. 117, I am sorry the Bishopric of Fernes is so spurgalled. 1705Hickeringill Priest-cr. iv. (1721) 225 When nothing will serve them but to get up and Ride the Spur-gall'd Laiety. |