Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

gallise

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: gal-lise
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

Alternative spelling of gallize.

British usage

Example Sentences

"I weigh the must by Oechsle's must scale, and add white sugar to it until it weighs 100 degrees, then I gallise it by one-fourth of water in which sugar is dissolved to the same standard of the must."
"Potato-sugar contains impurities of sulphuric acid, iron sulphate, and lime. [...] Wines "gallised" with potato-sugar are consequently pro tanto poisonous, and the use of such sugars in brewing becomes a matter of questionable permissibility."

Etymology

From German Gall + English -ise (variant of -ize); see gallize.

Origin

Source language: German

Word Breakdown

Root: Gall

Usage

British usage

Inflected Forms

gallises (present, singular) gallising (participle, present) gallised (participle, past) gallised (past)

Questions

What does gallise mean?: Alternative spelling of gallize.
Where does gallise come from?: It is traced to German.

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