See also:

• GALL (a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch gal, and Ger. Galle; the Indo-European root appears in Gr. xoXi,, and Lat. fel; possibly connected with " yellow," with reference to the colour of bile)
• GALL, FRANZ JOSEPH (1758-1828)

GALL (a word See also:

• COMMON

common to many See also:

• TEUTONIC
• TEUTONIC (GERMANIC) LANGUAGES

Teutonic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, cf. Dutch gal, and Ger. See also:

• GALLE, or POINT DE GALLE

Galle; the Indo-See also:

• EUROPEAN

European See also:

• ROOT (late O.E. rot, adopted from Scand., cf. Norw. and Swed. rot, Dan. rod; the true O.E. word was wyrt, plant, represented in Ger. Wurz or Wurzel; the ultimate root is the same in both words, and is seen in Lat. radix)
• ROOT, ELIHU (1845– )

root appears in Gr. xoXi,, and See also:

• LAT

Lat. fel; possibly connected with " yellow," with reference to the See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour of bile)  , the secretion of the See also:

• LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch lever, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

liver known as " bile," the See also:

• TERM

term being also used of the See also:

• PEAR (Pyrus communis)

pear-shaped diverticulum of the bile-duct, which forms a See also:

• RESERVOIR

reservoir for the bile, more generally known as the " See also:

• GALL (a word common to many Teutonic languages, cf. Dutch gal, and Ger. Galle; the Indo-European root appears in Gr. xoXi,, and Lat. fel; possibly connected with " yellow," with reference to the colour of bile)
• GALL, FRANZ JOSEPH (1758-1828)

gall-See also:

• BLADDER (from A.S. blaeddre, connected with bl¢wan, to blow, cf. Ger. blase)

bladder " (see LIVER) . From the extreme bitterness of the secretion, " gall," like the See also:

• LAT

Lat. fel, is used for anything extremely See also:

• BITTER, KARL THEODORE FRANCIS (1867– )

bitter, whether actually or metaphorically . From the See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea that the gall-bladder was the dominating See also:

• ORGAN

organ of a bitter, See also:

• SHARP, GRANVILLE (1735-1813)
• SHARP, JAMES (1618-1679)
• SHARP, JOHN (1645-1714)
• SHARP, RICHARD (1759-1835)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1749-1824)
• SHARP, WILLIAM (1856-1905)

sharp temperament, " gall " was formerly used in See also:

• ENGLISH

English for such a spirit, and also for one very ready to resent injuries . It thus survives in See also:

• AMERICAN

American See also:

• SLANG

slang, with the meaning " impudence " or " assurance." " Gall," meaning a sore or painful swelling, especially on a See also:

• HORSE (a word common to Teutonic languages in such forms as hors, hros, ros; cf. the Ger. ross)

horse, may be the same word, derived from an See also:

• EARLY
• EARLY, JUBAL ANDERSON (1816-1894)

early use of the word as meaning " See also:

• POISON

poison." On the other See also:

• HAND
• HAND (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Hand, Goth. handus)
• HAND, FERDINAND GOTTHELF (1786-185r)

hand, in Romanic See also:

• LANGUAGES

languages, the Fr. See also:

• GALLE, or POINT DE GALLE

galle, Sp. agalla, a See also:

• WIND
• WIND (a common Teut. word, cognate with Skt. vats, Lat. ventus, cf. " weather," to be of course distinguished from to " wind," to coil or twist, O.Eng. windan, cf. "wander," "wend," &c.)

wind-gall or puffy distension of the synovial bursa on the fetlock See also:

• JOINT (through Fr. from Lat. junctum, jungere, to join)

joint of a horse, is derived from the Lat. galla, See also:

• OAK (O. Eng., (lc)

oak-See also:

• APPLE (a common Teut. word, A.S. aepl, aeppel, O.H.G. aphul, aphal, apfal, mod. Ger. Apfel)

apple, from which comes the English " gall," meaning an excrescence on trees caused by certain See also:

• INSECTS

insects .