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gall (2)

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gall2 /ɡɔːl /
▸ noun
1 [mass noun] annoyance or resentment:
he was filled with gall at the suspected ambitions of his old enemies.
2 a sore on the skin made by chafing:
saddle galls.
▸ verb [with object]
1 make (someone) feel annoyed or resentful:
it galled him to have to sit impotently in silence.
2 make sore by rubbing:
the straps that galled their shoulders.
– ORIGIN Old English gealle ‘sore on a horse’, perhaps related to gall1; superseded in Middle English by forms from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch.