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.),
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;
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.