galliard, galyeard, gaylard

& 8. [Sp. gallarda = ( a. ) pleasant, gay, lively, (s.) a kind of lively Spanish dance; O. Fr. gaillard, gaillart; Port.galhardo; Ital. gagliardo.] *A. As adj .: Merry, gay, frisky, brisk, active, lively. B. As substantive: galligaskins găl-li-ă , s. [GALLEASS.] Gal-lic (1), a. [Lat. Gallic us , from Gallia : Gaul, France. Of or pertaining to Gaul or France; French; Gallican.