Definitions for gallow
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WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gallowverb

   to frighten

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gallow, Gallowsnoun

   Etymology: It is used by some in the singular; but by more only in the plural, or sometimes has another plural gallowses. Galga, Gothick; gealga, Saxon; galge, Dutch; which some derive from gabalus, furca, Latin; others from גכה high; others from gallu, Welsh, power: but it is probably derived like gallow, to fright, from agælwan, the gallows being the great object of legal terrour.

   1. A beam laid over two posts, on which malefactors are hanged.

   This monster sat like a hangman upon a pair of gallows: in his right hand he was painted holding a crown of laurel, in his left hand a purse of money. Philip Sidney, b. ii.

   I would we were all of one mind, and one mind good; O, there were desolation of gaolers and gallowses. William Shakespeare, Cymbel.

   I prophesied, if a gallows were on land,
   This fellow could not drown. William Shakespeare, Tempest.

   A little before dinner he took the major aside, and whispered him in the ear, that execution must that day be done in the town, and therefore required him that a pair of gallows should be erected. John Hayward.

   A production that naturally groweth under gallowses, and places of execution. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. ii.

   A poor fellow, going to the gallows, may be allowed to feel the smart of wasps while he is upon Tyburn road. Jonathan Swift.

   2. A wretch that deserves the gallows.

   Cupid hath been five thousand years a boy.
   —— Ay, and a shrewd unhappy gallows too. William Shakespeare.

2. To Gallowverb

   To terrify; to fright.

   Etymology: agælwan, to fright, Saxon.

   The wrathful skies
   Gallow the very wand’rers of the dark,
   And make them keep their caves. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. gallow

   A gallows (or scaffold) is a frame or elevated beam, typically wooden, from which objects can be suspended (i.e., hung) or "weighed". Gallows were thus widely used to suspend public weighing scales for large and heavy objects such as sacks of grain or minerals, usually positioned in markets or toll gates. The term was also used for a projecting framework from which a ship's anchor might be raised so that it is no longer sitting on the bottom, i.e., "weighing [the] anchor,” while avoiding striking the ship’s hull. In modern usage it has come to mean almost exclusively a scaffold or gibbet used for execution by hanging.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gallowverb

   to fright or terrify. See Gally, v. t

2. Etymology: [Cf. AS. gelwan to stupefy.]

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Gallow

   gal′lō, v.t. (Shak.) to frighten or terrify. [A.S. a-gǽlwian, to astonish.]

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. GALLOW

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Gallow is ranked #24388 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Gallow surname appeared 1,027 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Gallow.
   
   59.9% or 616 total occurrences were Black.
   34% or 350 total occurrences were White.
   3% or 31 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
   2.7% or 28 total occurrences were of two or more races.

How to pronounce gallow?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of gallow in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of gallow in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

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References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Gallow
2. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=gallow
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallow
4. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gallow
5. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=gallow
6. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html