galled

comparative more galled · superlative most galled

1. Sore; exasperated.

   The galled ox cannot complain, nor supplicate a moment's respite;

   1838, Martin Farquhar Tupper, “Of Cruelty to Animals”, in Proverbial Philosophy: A Book of Thoughts and Arguments, Originally Treated, London: Joseph Rickerby, […], →OCLC, page 173

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   And the camels galled, sore-footed, refractory, Lying down in the melting snow.

   1927 August, T[homas] S[tearns] Eliot, “[Ariel Poems.] Journey of the Magi.”, in Collected Poems 1909–1935, London: Faber & Faber […], published September 1954, →OCLC, page 107

1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of gall