gallic

4 definitions found

gallic - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Gallic \Gal"lic\, a. [From Gallium.] (Chem.)
     Pertaining to, or containing, gallium.
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  Gallic \Gal"lic\ (277), a. [From Gall the excrescence.]
     Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the
     like.
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     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.
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  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.
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gallic - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Gallic
      adj 1: of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls; "Ancient Gallic
             dialects"; "Gallic migrations"; "the Gallic Wars"
      2: of or pertaining to France or the people of France; "French
         cooking"; "a Gallic shrug" [syn: French, Gallic]