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Meaning:
Noun:
- obsolete|uncountable Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
- anatomy The gall bladder.
- Cynips quercusfolii.
- countable A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
- countable A pit caused on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
- countable A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
- obsolete|countable A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
- uncountable A feeling of exasperation.
- uncountable Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
- obsolete Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
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Verb:
- 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 chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
- To exasperate.
- To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
- transitive To trouble or bother.
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