a mode of speech peculiar to the French language, and contrary to the rules of grammar in other languages. With us it is used to denote such phrases or modes of speech in English as are formed after the French idiom.

GALLINACEUS LAPIS, a glossy mineral substance supposed by some to be produced by the operation of volcanic fires; and is thought to be the lapis obsidianus of the ancients. See Obsidian, Mineralogy Index.

GALLINÆ, an order of birds. See Ornithology Index.