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gallowing

gallowing is the present participle and gerund of gallow.

Meaning of gallow

Verb

gallow (third-person singular simple present gallows, present participle gallowing, simple past and past participle gallowed)

  1. (dialectal, transitive) To frighten, alarm, scare, or terrify.
    • The wrathful skies / Gallow the very wanderers of the dark / And make them keep their caves.c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...
  2. (dialectal, transitive) To drive or scare away.
  3. (dialectal, transitive) To confuse with noise.

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Questions about gallowing

What is gallowing the present participle and gerund of?
Gallowing is the present participle and gerund of gallow.

Words near gallowing in the dictionary

  1. Gallowegians
  2. Gallowgate
  3. gallowglass
  4. gallowglasses
  5. Gallowhill
  6. gallowing
  7. gallows
  8. gallows bird
  9. gallows birds
  10. gallows frame
  11. gallows frames

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