water-galled
/ˈwɔːtəɡɔːld/adjective
Of paper: having a localized defect owing to the retention in places of too much water. In later use chiefly figurative and poetic : showing the effect of large amounts of water; (of the eyes) reddened with weeping.
Origin
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in The London Journal of Arts and Science. From water + galled.
- put one's best foot forward
- put oneself in another's place
- put one's face on
- put one's feet up
- put one's finger in the dyke
- put one's finger on something
- put one's foot down
- put one's foot in it (or put one's foot in one's mouth)
- put one's hand in one's pocket
- put one's hands together
- put one's hands up
- put one's head in a noose
- put one's money where one's mouth is
- put one's shirt on
- put one's shoulder to the wheel
- put on flesh
- putonghua
- put on one's thinking cap
- put on (or lose) weight
- put on the dog
- put on the ritz
- put option
- put (or bring or carry) something into effect
- put (or give or set) one's mind to
- put (or have) someone's ass in a sling