gallow grass

Hemp, as furnishing halters for the gallows. *gallow-tree, *galow-tree, *galowe-tree, s . A gallows. "The more buxum wyll he bee, That he were borowyd fro the galow tree." Le Bone Florence of Rome; Ritson, vol. iii. Găl-lō-way, s. [See def.] 1. The name of a district in the south of Scotland, comprehending the shire of Wigton, and the stewartry of Kir cud bright. 2. A species of horse of a small size, but very hardy ard enduring. "Tradition reports that this kind [ galloways ] of horses are sprung from some Spanish stallions, which swam on shore from some of the ships of the Spanish armada, which were wrecked on the coast, and coupling with the mares of the country, peopled the kingdom with their posterity. They were much esteemed and of a middling Size, strong, active, nervous, and hardy, and were called Galloways , from being first known in the country which bears that name."-Berenger: On Horsemanship, vol. i., р. 205. 3. A breed of cattle, generally dark in color, indigenous to Galloway. 1965