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Webster 1913 Edition
Gallic
Gal′lic
(277)
, Adj.
[From
Gall
the excrescence.] Pertaining to, or derived from, galls, nutgalls, and the like.
Gallic acid
(Chem.)
, an organic acid, very widely distributed in the vegetable kingdom, being found in the free state in galls, tea, etc., and produced artificially. It is a white, crystalline substance,
C6H2(HO)3.CO2H
, with an astringent taste, and is a strong reducing agent, as employed in photography. It is usually prepared from tannin, and both give a dark color with iron salts, forming tannate and gallate of iron, which are the essential ingredients of common black ink.Gal′lic
,Adj.
[L.
Gallicus
belonging to the Gauls, fr. Galli
the Gauls, Gallia
Gaul, now France: cf. F. gallique
.] Pertaining to Gaul or France; Gallican.
Webster 1828 Edition
Gallic
GAL'LIC
,Adj.
GAL'LIC
,Adj.