Definition of "gally" in английский

noun

1. Archaic form of galley.

adjective

1. Characterised by or resembling gall; bitter.

verb

1. (UK, dialect) To frighten, spook; to appall; to worry.

   • April 8 1700, Tom Brown, letter to Mr. Briscoe in Covent-Garden The next Day being Sunday, call'd by the Natives of this Country Maze Sunday, (and indeed not without some Reason, for the People look'd as if they were gallied) […]

noun

1. Diminutive of gal (“girl”).