gally
verb
gal·ly ˈga-lē 
gallied; gallying
transitive verb
chiefly dialectal
: frighten, terrify
Word History
Etymology
of obscure origin
Note: A supposed connection of this word with a verb gallow, occurring once in King Lear (III.ii) and taken to mean "frighten," is very tenuous given the lack of any other evidence for such a word. Still more tenuous is a connection with the Old English word āgǣlwan "to frighten" (attested only as a past participle agælwed).
First Known Use
1605, in the meaning defined above
- normal form
- normal honey
- normal horizontal separation
- normal minor scale
- normal moisture capacity
- normal orthogonal
- normal overlap
- normal pitch
- normal place
- normal pressure
- normal run of
- normal school
- normal state
- normal tax
- normal valence
- normal volume
- normal/ordinary course of events
- normalcies
- normalcy
- normaler
- normalest
- normalisable
- normalisation
- normalisations
- normalise