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gallying

gallying is the present participle and gerund of gally.

Meaning of gally

Verb

gally (third-person singular simple present gallies, present participle gallying, simple past and past participle gallied)

  1. (UK, dialectal) To frighten, spook; to appall; to worry.
    • April 8 1700, Tom Brown, letter to Mr. Briscoe in Covent-Garden
      The next Day being Sunday, call'd by the Natives of this Country Maze Sunday, (and indeed not without some Reason, for the People look'd as if they were gallied) […]

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Questions about gallying

What is gallying the present participle and gerund of?
Gallying is the present participle and gerund of gally.

Words near gallying in the dictionary

  1. gallybeggar
  2. gallybeggars
  3. gallycrow
  4. gallycrows
  5. gallygaskins
  6. gallying
  7. gallynipper
  8. gallynippers
  9. gallypot
  10. gallypots
  11. gallyware

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