n. 1 sl. impudence. 2 asperity, rancour. 3 bitterness; anything bitter (gall and wormwood). 4 the bile of animals. 5 the gall-bladder and its contents. gall-bladder the vessel storing bile after its secretion by the liver and before release into the intestine.
[ ON, corresp. to OE gealla, f. Gmc ]