water gall

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water gall - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Water gall \Wa"ter gall`\
     1. A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a
        washout.
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     2. A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying the rainbow;
        a secondary or broken rainbow.
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              These water galls, in her dim element,
              Foretell new storms to those already spent. --Shak.
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              False good news are [is] always produced by true
              good, like the water gall by the rainbow. --Walpole.
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