'Water gall' definitions:

Definition of 'Water gall'

From: GCIDE
  • Water gall \Wa"ter gall`\
  • 1. A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a washout. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying the rainbow; a secondary or broken rainbow. [1913 Webster]
  • These water galls, in her dim element, Foretell new storms to those already spent. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • False good news are [is] always produced by true good, like the water gall by the rainbow. --Walpole. [1913 Webster]