Gall, subst. 1) the bile: H4B I, 2, 199. Mcb. I, 5, 49. IV, 1, 27. Oth. IV, 3, 93.
2) an ingredient of ink: Tw. III, 2, 52. Cymb. I, 1, 101.
3) any thing bitter and disagreeable: thy “honey turns to g., thy joy to grief,” Lucr. 889. Pilgr Lucr. 889 H6B III, 2, 322. Troil. II, 2, 144. IV, 5, 30. Rom. I, 1, 200. I, 5, 94. Lr. I, 4, 127. cf. Cymb. I, 1, 101.
4) bitterness of mind, rancor: “to tie the g. up in the slanderous tongue,” Meas. III, 2, 199. “thou grievest my g.” LLL V, 2, 237. H5 II, 2, 30. H6A I, 2, 16. H8 I, 1, 152. Troil. I, 3, 193. Troil. I, 3, 193 Hml. II, 2, 605. Lr. I, 4, 292. cf. Tw. III, 2, 52. H4B I, 2, 199. Mcb. I, 5, 49. Oth. IV, 3, 93. The abstr. for the concr.: “out, g.!” Troil. V, 1, 40.
Shakespeare Lexicon. Alexander Schmidt. Berlin. Georg Reimer. 1902.
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