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water-gall
ˈwater-gall Also 9 dial. -gull. [f. water n. + gall n.2: = G. wassergalle in various senses, also MLG. watergalle in sense 2.] † 1. A boggy tract in a field. Obs.1285 Yorks. Deeds (Yorks. Archæol. Soc.) II. 198 note, Cum toto prato suo falcabili, ut in capitibus, herbagiis, ranis, et watergallis. 16...
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wind-gall
ˈwind-gall2 [Cf. G. windgalle, -gelle, and water-gall, weather-gall.] A fragment of a rainbow or of a prismatically-coloured halo, supposed to presage windy weather: = weather-gall.1823 J. F. Cooper Pilot I. ii. 19 There be streaked wind-galls in the offing, that speak..plainly..to shorten sail. 184...
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