gall
/ɡɑl/
noun
Meaning
Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
The gall bladder.
Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
A feeling of exasperation.
Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
verb
Meaning
To bother or trouble.
To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
To exasperate.
To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
"Improper cooling and a dull milling blade on titanium can gall the surface."
To scoff; to jeer.