All 3 Uses of
gall
in
Othello, the Moor of Venice
- Farewell; for I must leave you: It seems not meet nor wholesome to my place To be produc'd,—as if I stay I shall,— Against the Moor: for I do know the state,— However this may gall him with some check,— Cannot with safety cast him; for he's embark'd With such loud reason to the Cyprus wars,— Which even now stand in act,—that, for their souls, Another of his fathom they have none To lead their business: in which regard, Though I do hate him as I do hell pains, Yet, for necessity of…†
Scene 1.1
- These sentences, to sugar or to gall, Being strong on both sides, are equivocal: But words are words; I never yet did hear That the bruis'd heart was pierced through the ear.†
Scene 1.3
- ] Welcome, mistress:— Let it not gall your patience, good Iago, That I extend my manners; 'tis my breeding That gives me this bold show of courtesy.†
Scene 2.1 *
Definition:
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(gall as in: had the gall to) boldness and rudeness to say or do things that are not acceptable to others