gallow

See also: Gallow

English

Alternative forms

gally

Etymology

From Middle English *galowen (attested in begalewen (“to begallow”)), from Old English *gælwian (attested in āgælwed (“astonished; disconcerted”)).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈɡæləʊ/
Audio (Berkshire, England) (file)
Rhymes: -æləʊ

Verb

gallow (third-person singular simple present gallows, present participle gallowing, simple past and past participle gallowed)

(obsolete) To frighten or terrify.
- c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:
  The wrathful skies / Gallow the very wanderers of the dark / And make them keep their caves.

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