galaday

A holiday with sports or festivities. gala-dre , s. Holiday dre ; finery. găl-a-çin-e-æ (1), s. pl. [Gr. gala (gen it. galak tos )=milk, and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ineæ.] Bot.: The name given in 1828 by Don to an order of plants now called Francoacese. găl-a-çin-ě-æ (2), s. pl. [From Mod. Lat. galax (gen it, galacis ) (q. v.), and Lat. fem. pl. adj. suff. -ince.] Bot.: A tribe of plants of somewhat doubtful place in the system. Lindley ranks it under the Pyrolaceæ; some botanists under the Diapensiaceae. ga-lăc-ta-gogueş, s . pl . [GALACTOGOGUES.] ga-lăc-ti-a, s. [Greek galaktion =a little milk, dim in. of gala =milk.] Bot.: A genus of papilionaceous plants, sub-tribe Glycineæ. Galactia pendula , a native of Jamaica, houses. is a pretty flowering climber, cultivated in green ga-lăc-tic, a . [Gr. gala (gen it. galaktos =milk; Eng. adj. suff. -ic .] 1. Ord . Lang.: Of or belonging to milk; obtained from milk. 2. Astron.: Of or relating to the Galaxy or Milky Way. "Around the poles of the galactic circle."- H . Spencer: Instability of the Homogeneous . galactic-circle, s. Astron. The name given by Sir John Herschel to the circle of the heavens most nearly agreeing with the direction of the Milky Way.