Usually means: Old term meaning to frighten.
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  1. gally: Merriam-Webster
  2. gally: Collins English Dictionary
  3. Gally, gally: Wordnik
  4. gally: Wiktionary
  5. gally: Infoplease Dictionary
  6. Gally, gally: Dictionary.com
  7. Gally: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. gally: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  9. Gally: Rhymezone
  10. Gally: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. gally: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  12. gally: FreeDictionary.org
  13. Gally: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. GALLY: Acronym Finder

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  1. gally: Urban Dictionary

(Note: See gallied as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (gally)

adjective:  Characterised by or resembling gall; bitter.
verb:  (UK, dialect) To frighten, spook; to appall; to worry.
noun:  Archaic form of galley. [(nautical, historical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually a rowed warship used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.]

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