*gallic*

a. [ From Gallium. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, gallium. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From Gall the excrescence. ] Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gallic acid (Chem.), an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance, C6H2(HO)3.CO2H, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Gallicus belonging to the Gauls, fr. Galli the Gauls, Gallia Gaul, now France: cf. F. gallique. ] Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ L. Gallicanus: cf. F. gallican. ] Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallic; French; as, the Gallican church or clergy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An adherent to, and supporter of, Gallicanism. Shipley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The principles, tendencies, or action of those, within the Roman Catholic Church in France, who (esp. in 1682) sought to restrict the papal authority in that country and increase the power of the national church. Schaff-Herzog Encyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gallicisme. ] A mode of speech peculiar to the French; a French idiom; also, in general, a French mode or custom. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gallicized p. pr. & vb. n. Gallicizing ] To conform to the French mode or idiom. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Pyro- + gallic. ] (Chem.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, an acid called pyrogallol. See Pyrogallol. [ 1913 Webster ]