'Gallic' definitions:
Definition of 'Gallic'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or pertaining to Gaul or the Gauls; "Ancient Gallic dialects"; "Gallic migrations"; "the Gallic Wars"
adjective
Of or pertaining to France or the people of France; "French cooking"; "a Gallic shrug" [syn: French, Gallic]
Definition of 'Gallic'
From: GCIDE
- Gallic \Gal"lic\, a. [From Gallium.] (Chem.) Pertaining to, or containing, gallium. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Gallic'
From: GCIDE
- Gallic \Gal"lic\ (277), 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]
Definition of 'Gallic'
From: GCIDE
- Gallic \Gal"lic\, 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]