verbWord forms: -lies, -lying or -lied(transitive)
dialect
to frighten; scare
gally in American English
(ˈɡæli)
transitive verbWord forms: -lied, -lying
chiefly dialect
to frighten or scare
Word origin
[1695–1705; cf. earlier gallow, appar. repr. OE agælwan to frighten]This word is first recorded in the period 1695–1705. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: exponential, pinwheel, piston, telescopic, thoroughbred