Gallows bird, a person who deserves the gallows. [Colloq.] -- Gallows
bitts (Naut.), one of two or more frames amidships on deck for
supporting spare spars; -- called also gallows, gallows top, gallows
frame, etc. -- Gallows frame. (a) The frame supporting the beam of an
engine. (b) (Naut.) Gallows bitts. -- Gallows, or Gallow tree, the
gallows.
At length him nailÈd on a gallow tree.
Spenser.
Gall"stone` (?), n. A concretion, or calculus, formed in the gall
bladder or biliary passages. See Calculus, n., 1.
Gal"ly (?), v. t. [See Gallow, v. t.] To frighten; to worry. [Obs. or
Prov. Eng.] T. Brown.
Gall"y (?), a. Like gall; bitter as gall. Cranmer.
Gal"ly (?), n. See Galley, n., 4.
Gal`ly*gas"kins, n. pl. See Galligaskins.
Ga*loche", Ga*loshe" (&?;), [OE. galoche, galache, galage, shoe, F.
galoche galoche, perh. altered fr. L. gallica a Gallic shoe, or fr. LL.
calopedia wooden shoe, or shoe with a wooden sole, Gr. &?;, dim. of
&?;, &?;, a shoemaker's last; &?; wood + &?; foot.] 1. A clog or
patten. [Obs.]
Nor were worthy [to] unbuckle his galoche.
Chaucer.