A parasitic insect, Pthirus pubis, that lives amongst the pubic hairs of humans and feeds on blood.
A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.
Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
A feeling of exasperation.
The gall bladder.
A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
To scoff; to jeer.
To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
To exasperate.
To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
To bother or trouble.