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galligaskin
galligaskin (ˌgælɪˈgæskɪn) Now chiefly in pl. Forms: 6 garragascoyne, 6–7 galli-, gally gascoi(g)n(e, -gascoyn(e, (6 galigascon, gallie gascoine, gallo-gascaine, 7 gallgaskin), 7–9 gally-gaskin, (9 galigaskin), 7– galligaskin. [app. an interpretative corruption of the 16th c. F. garguesque, a metath...
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galliace
gallgaskin, gall-house, galliace obs. ff. galligaskin, gallows, galliass.
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gaskin
▪ I. gaskin1 (ˈgæskɪn) Forms: 6 gaskyn, -kyng, -coine, -coigne, gayshekoon, 6–7 gascoyne, 7 gaskoine, gasskin, gasking, 7–8 -coin, 8 -coign, 6–9 gaskin. [Of uncertain origin; perh. due to a false analysis of galligaskin, to which the ‘gallant gaskins’ of the first quot. comes close in point of sound...
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gally
▪ I. † ˈgally, a.1 or n. attrib. Obs. [Of uncertain origin; possibly attrib. use of galley n., denoting garments worn by sailors or by galley-slaves (cf. galley cassock in galley n. 8); possibly evolved from a supposed analysis of galligaskin, though in our quots. appearing earlier than that word.] ...
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