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What is the noun for galled?

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gall
  1. (anatomy) Bile, especially that of an animal; the greenish, profoundly bitter-tasting fluid found in bile ducts and gall bladders, structures associated with the liver.
  2. (anatomy) The gall bladder.
  3. (uncountable, obsolete) Great misery or physical suffering, likened to the bitterest-tasting of substances.
  4. (Can we clean up(+) this sense?) (countable) A bump-like imperfection resembling a gall.
  5. (uncountable) A feeling of exasperation.
  6. (uncountable) Impudence or brazenness; temerity, chutzpah.
  7. (medicine) A sore or open wound caused by chafing, which may become infected, as with a blister.
  8. (countable) A sore on a horse caused by an ill-fitted or ill-adjusted saddle; a saddle sore.
  9. (countable) A pit on a surface being cut caused by the friction between the two surfaces exceeding the bond of the material at a point.
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  11. Examples:
    1. “He stormed out in a rage, probably just to see who it was who had the gall to make this request.”
      “Clytaemnestra implies that great men must be prepared to endure the gall of inferior men's envy.”
      “But everything hitherto said was milk and honey compared to the gall poured forth by the noble Earl of Dorset.”
gall
  1. (phytopathology) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insect larvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.
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  3. Examples:
    1. “He stormed out in a rage, probably just to see who it was who had the gall to make this request.”
      “Clytaemnestra implies that great men must be prepared to endure the gall of inferior men's envy.”
      “But everything hitherto said was milk and honey compared to the gall poured forth by the noble Earl of Dorset.”
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