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galgar.

to gauge (to chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Galego language

Meaning & usage

verb/ɡalˈɣaɾ/
  1. to gauge (to chip, hew or polish (stones, bricks, etc) to a standard size and/or shape)

  2. to practice some cuts in a board as guides for gauging it

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Where this word comes from

From Old French *galger (so cognate with French jauge, English gauge), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *galgô (“rod, pole”).

verb/ɡalˈɣaɾ/
  1. to brake a cart

  2. to jump, to leap

Where this word comes from

From galga (“brake of a cart”).

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