galled
/G AO1 L D/verb
- 1
To bother or trouble.
- 2
To harass, to harry, often with the intent to cause injury.
- 3
To chafe, to rub or subject to friction; to create a sore on the skin.
- 4
To exasperate.
- 5
To cause pitting on a surface being cut from the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
“Improper cooling and a dull milling blade on titanium can gall the surface.”
- 6
To scoff; to jeer.
verb
- 1
To impregnate with a decoction of gallnuts in dyeing.
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