gall

Definitions

• (anatomy) Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
• (anatomy) The gall bladder.
• (uncountable) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
• (uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.
• (uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
• (medicine) A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
• (countable) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
• (countable) A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.