Gallic : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Gallic	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Gallic
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Gallic adj of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls; "Ancient Gallic dialects"; "Gallic migrations"; "the Gallic Wars" of or pertaining to France or the people of France; "French cooking"; "a Gallic shrug" Synonym(s): French, Gallic
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gallic \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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gallic \Gal"lic\, a. [From {Gallium}.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, gallium.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gallic \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.