About The Word Gallic
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Gallic
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What's The Definition Of Gallic?
[adj] of or pertaining to France or the people of France; "French cooking"; "a gallic shrug"
[adj] of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls; "Ancient Gallic dialects"; "Gallic migrations"; "the Gallic Wars" Synonyms | Synonyms for Gallic: French Related Terms | Find terms related to Gallic: See Also | Gallic In Webster's Dictionary \Gal"lic\, a. [From {Gallium}.] (Chem.)
Pertaining to, or containing, gallium.
\Gal"lic\ (277), a. [From {Gall} the excrescence.] Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. {Gallic acid} (Chem.), an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance, {C6H2(HO)3.CO2H}, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink. \Gal"lic\, a. [L. Gallicus belonging to the Gauls, fr. Galli the Gauls, Gallia Gaul, now France: cf. F. gallique.] Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican. |
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