Gal"lop*er (?), n. 1. One who, or that which, gallops.
2. (Mil.) A carriage on which very small guns were formerly mounted,
the gun resting on the shafts, without a limber. Farrow.
Galloper gun, a light gun, supported on a galloper, -- formerly
attached to British infantry regiments.
Gal"lo*pin (?), n.[F. galopin. See Gallop, v. i.] An under servant for
the kitchen; a scullion; a cook's errand boy. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Gal"lop*ing (?), a. Going at a gallop; progressing rapidly; as, a
galloping horse.
Gal`lo*tan"nic (?), a. [Gall nutgall + tannic.] (Chem.) Pertaining to
the tannin or nutgalls.
Gallotannic acid. See Tannic acid, under Tannic.
Gal"low (?), v. t. [Cf. AS. gelwan to stupefy.] To fright or terrify.
See Gally, v. t. [Obs.] Shak.
Gal"lo*way (?), n. (Zoˆl.) A small horse of a breed raised at Galloway,
Scotland; -- called also garran, and garron.
Gal"low*glass` (?), n. [Ir. galloglach. Cf. Gillie.] A heavy-armed foot
soldier from Ireland and the Western Isles in the time of Edward &?;
Shak.
Gal"lows (?), n. sing.; pl. Gallowses (#) or Gallows. [OE. galwes, pl.,
AS. galga, gealga, gallows, cross; akin to D. galg gallows, OS. & OHG.
galgo, G. galgen, Icel. glgi, Sw. & Dan. galge, Goth. galga a cross.
Etymologically and historically considered, gallows is a noun in the
plural number, but it is used as a singular, and hence is preceded by
a; as, a gallows.] 1. A frame from which is suspended the rope with
which criminals are executed by hanging, usually consisting of two
upright posts and a crossbeam on the top; also, a like frame for
suspending anything.
So they hanged Haman on the gallows.
Esther vii. 10.
If I hang, I'll make a fat pair of gallows.
Shak.
O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses!
Shak.