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Webster 1913 Edition


Gallow

Gal′low

,
Verb.
T.
[Cf. AS.
āgelwan
to stupefy.]
To fright or terrify. See
Gally
,
Verb.
T.
[Obs.]
Shak.

Webster 1828 Edition


Gallow

GAL'LOW

,
Verb.
T.
To fright or terrify.

Definition 2024


gallow

gallow

English

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Verb

gallow (third-person singular simple present gallows, present participle gallowing, simple past and past participle gallowed)

  1. (obsolete) To frighten or terrify
    • 1605: The wrathful skies / Gallow the very wanderers of the dark / And make them keep their caves. — William Shakespeare, King Lear III.ii

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