All 3 Uses of
gall
in
The Count of Monte Cristo
- Five minutes after, it was down; and we sailed under mizzen-tops'ls and to'gall'nt sails.†
Chpt 29-30 *
- 'Take in two reefs in the tops'ls,' cried the captain; 'let go the bowlin's, haul the brace, lower the to'gall'nt sails, haul out the reef-tackles on the yards.'†
Chpt 29-30
- A hundred writers since Socrates, Seneca, St. Augustine, and Gall, have made, in verse and prose, the comparison you have made, and yet I can well understand that a father's sufferings may effect great changes in the mind of a son.†
Chpt 47-48
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