galls | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

galls
A kind of low lands in Florida. They consist of a matted soil of vegetable fibres, spongy and treach...

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galls
Veins of land through which the water oozes. ...

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sand-galls
spots of sand forced up by the oozing of water. Norf. and Suff. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose