gally-lands

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• Gally

  ·noun ·see <<Galley>>, ·noun, 4. II. Gally ·adj Like gall; bitter as gall. III. Gally ·vt To <<Fri...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Bad lands

  ·- Barren regions, especially in the western United States, where horizontal strata (Tertiary deposi...

  Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

• Cuttle's Lands

  Lands and houses called Cuttle's Lands near the church of St. Dunstan in the East (Strype, ed. 1720,...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• Gally Hole

  See Gully Hole. ...

  A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.

• bottom-lands

  In the Western States, this name is given to the rich flat land on the banks of rivers, which in New...

  Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.

• gally-bauk

  rather GALLOW-BAWK, the same as RANDLE-BAWK, the iron bar inchimnies on which the pot-hooks or rekan...

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

• gally-gun

  A kind of culverin. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• mud-lands

  The extensive marshes left dry by the retiring tide in estuaries and river mouths. ...

  The Sailor's Word-Book

• Knight, Henry Gally

  (1786-1846) A country gentleman of Yorkshire, ed. at Eton and Camb., was the author of several Orie...

  Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature by John W. Cousin

• «unlock the lands.»

  A political cry in Victoria,meaning open up for Free-selection (q.v.) the landsheld by squatters on ...

  Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris