galanga (galangga)

[ML. and NL.: see galangal.] Same as galangal. galangal, galingale (ga-lang'gal or gal'an-gal, gal'in-gal), n. [ lang a = Sp. Pg. It. galanga = khōlinjan = nese Ko- (or Kao- ) liang - kiang, galangal, i. e., mild ginger ( liang - kiang, liang, mild, + kiang, ginger) from Ko or Kao, also called Kao - chow fu, a prefecture in the province of Kwang -tung (Canton), where galangal is chiefly produced. This word is interesting as being in E. the old est word, in AS. the only word, of Chinese ori gin, except silk, which may be ultimately Chinese.] 1. A dried rhizome brought from China and used in medicine (but much le than formerly), being an aromatic stimulant of the na short simple racemes of handsome white flowers. The Poudre-march aunt tart and galyngale . Chaucer, Gen. Prol. to C. T., 1. 381. 2. A sedge, Cyperus long us, with an aromatic tuberous root. Also called English galangal. The dale Was seen far inland, and the yellow down Border'd with palm, and many a winding vale And meadow, set with slender galingale . Tennyson, Lotos-Eaters. galanget, n. [See galangal .] Same as galangal . Galange [cometh] from China, Chaul, Goa & Cochin. Hakluyt's Voyages , II. 277. IMG:content-2016.png:[blocks in formation] Gala the a (gal-a-the a), n. [NL. (Bruguière, 1792; Fabric i us, 1793), improp. for Galatea.] 1. In conch., same as Galatea (a).-2. The typical genus of macrurous crustaceans of the family Galatheidæ. G. strigosa is an example. Galatheidæ (gal-a-the ́i-dē), n. pl. [NL., with Γάλλοι, Gauls: see Gaul.] I. a. Of or pertaining to Galatia, an ancient inland division of Asia Minor, lying south of Bithynia and Paphlagonia, conquered and colonized by the Gauls in the third century B. c. II. n. 1. A native or an inhabitant of Galatia in Asia Minor. O foolish Galatians , who hath bewitched you, that ye should not obey the truth? Gal. iii. 1. 2. pl. The shortened title of the Epistle to the Galatians. (See below.) Abbreviated Gal. Epistle to the Galatians, one of the epistles of the Apostle Paul, written to the Galatian churches probably about A. D. 56. Its chief contents are a vindication of Paul's authority as an apostle, a plea for the principle of justification by faith, and a concluding exhortation.