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water gall
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water gall,
- A cavity made in the earth by a torrent of water; a washout. [1913 Webster]
- A watery appearance in the sky, accompanying the rainbow; a secondary or broken rainbow. [1913 Webster]"These water galls, in her dim element,
Foretell new storms to those already spent." [1913 Webster]"False good news are [is] always produced by true good, like the water gall by the rainbow." [1913 Webster]
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