† gallowv.1
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To hang on a gallows or cross.
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society > authority > punishment > capital punishment > hanging > hang [verb (transitive)]
hangc1000
anhangOE
forhangc1300
to loll up1377
gallowa1400
twitchc1450
titc1480
truss1536
beswinga1566
trine1567
to turn over1570
to turn off1581
to turn (a person) on the toe1594
to stretch1595
derrick1600
underhang1603
halter1616
staba1661
noose1664
alexander1666
nub1673
ketch1681
tuck1699
gibbet1726
string1728
scrag1756
to hang up1771
crap1773
patibulate1811
strap1815
swing1816
croak1823
yardarm1829
to work off1841
suspercollatea1863
dangle1887
a1400 Leg. Rood (1871) 132 Wiþ grete lewes he is galwed, And dyeþ for Monnes gelte.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2021).
gallowv.2
/ˈɡaləʊ/ rare.
intransitive. Of a bird: To cluck, to scream.
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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > make shrill sound
shrikec1200
pipe?a1500
whistlec1550
yelp1553
queek1707
gallow1825
wheetle1825
the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > cluck or cackle
cackle?c1225
keckle1513
chacka1522
shuckle1598
gallow1825
keck1844
1825 J. Hogg Queen Hynde 80 The capperkailzie scorn'd to flee But gallow'd on the forest tree.
Derivatives
ˈgallowing adj.
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the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [adjective] > clucking
cackling1567
chacking1801
gallowing1830
the world > animals > birds > sound or bird defined by > [adjective] > making other type of sound
groaning1398
rouping1559
babbling1578
jugging1598
chucking1734
gallowing1830
a-crow1868
clanging1871
1830 T. Aird in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Nov. 817 Choked shrieks..And gallowing cries..thicken'd the midnight air.
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