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gallise

gallise is the alternative spelling of gallize.

Meaning of gallize

Verb

gallize (third-person singular simple present gallizes, present participle gallizing, simple past and past participle gallized)

  1. (British, English, Oxford, US, dated, transitive) To add sugar and water to (unfermented grape juice) so as to increase the quantity of wine produced.
    • [page 163] Therefore it is, that to us the knowledge of how to properly gallize our wines is still more important than to the European vintner, and the results which we can realize are yet more important. [...] [page 172] Truth and justice need never fear the light—they can only gain additional...1866, George Husmann, “Wine-making”, in The Cultivation of the Native Grape, and Manufacture of American Wines, New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] E. Woodward, […], →OCLC, pages 163 and 172

Forms of gallise

third-person singular presentgallises
present participlegallising
past participlegallised
pastgallised

Origin of gallise

From German Gall + English -ise (variant of -ize); see gallize.

Questions about gallise

What is gallise the alternative spelling of?
Gallise is the alternative spelling of gallize.

Words near gallise in the dictionary

  1. Gallipolis
  2. gallipot
  3. gallipot word
  4. gallipot words
  5. gallipots
  6. gallise
  7. gallised
  8. gallises
  9. gallisin
  10. gallising
  11. gallite

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