“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
(phytopathology) A blister or tumor-like growth found on the surface of plants, caused by burrowing of insectlarvae into the living tissues, especially that of the common oak gall wasp Cynips quercusfolii.