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Galt

gɔlt
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
  1. Galt
    Same as Gault.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  1. (n) galt
    Clay; brick-earth. [Prov. Eng.] Specifically
  2. (n) galt
    In geology, the lowest division of the Upper Cretaceous series. The galt is a stiff clay, sometimes sandy or calcareous, dark-blue in color. with layers of pyritous and phosphatic nodules, and occasional seams of greensand. It varies from 100 to 200 feet in thickness, and forms a marked boundary between the Upper and the Lower Cretaceous rocks.
  3. (n) galt
    A boar pig.
Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary
  1. Galt
    . See Gault.
Etymology

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary See Gault

Usage in the news

Market Share easily wins Galt . chicagotribune.com

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Galt House. has11.com

The holidays are coming to life at the Galt House in downtown Louisville. has11.com

Michael Kirby / Auburn Journal Placer's Gama Gomez, left, gets tangled up by Galt's Freddy Gonzalez during Thursday's playoff. auburnjournal.com

2 Seed Placer Opens At Home Thursday vs Galt. colfaxrecord.com

Michael Kirby/Auburn Journal)Placer's Hillmen will open the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section Div IV playoffs Thursday when they host Galt. colfaxrecord.com

Blogger John Galt picks up this story from the Austrian newspaper Wiener Zietung. commentarymagazine.com

Alaska visit might have had effect on John Galt's thinking. adn.com

Hair By Gerome Ragni, James Rado, and Galt MacDermot Delacorte Theater, Central Park 212-539-8500. villagevoice.com

Theragenics Receives FDA Clearance for Galt VTI Valved Tearaway Introducer. dicardiology.net

Theragenics Galt VTI Valved Tearaway Introducer. dicardiology.net

The 35th annual Bell Awards was held at the Galt House. lky.com

Animal Control officer shot to death in Galt. msnbc.msn.com

Galt Joint Union Elementary School District's application was selected from 372 submitted in November. sacbee.com

Before John Galt, there was Jesus. scpr.org

Usage in scientific papers

Galt on-Watson process whose offspring distribution has finite variance.
Mixing times for the interchange process

Usage in literature

Redemption of Kenneth Galt, The. "Thurston of Orchard Valley" by Harold Bindloss

Ian was with Maximus and Sunna in the Galt landeau. "An Orkney Maid" by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr

Moir was one of John Galt's chief friends, and, like a good comrade, he brought out a rival book. "Law and Laughter" by George Alexander Morton

But Galt declined the honour. "The Day of Sir John Macdonald" by Joseph Pope

Galt had another card to play. "The Railway Builders" by Oscar D. Skelton

A. T. Galt, in the session of 1858, advocated the federal union of all the British North American provinces. "George Brown" by John Lewis

Moir was one of John Galt's chief friends, and, like a good comrade, he brought out a rival book. "Lavengro The Scholar, The Gypsy, The Priest" by George Borrow

Complete autonomy as to the first mode was early maintained by Galt and Macdonald. "The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier" by Oscar D. Skelton

The reader may have heard of the "Valley of the Lunatics," or Glen-na-galt, in that country. "Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles" by Daniel Hack Tuke

Redemption of Kenneth Galt, The. "Vashti" by Augusta J. Evans Wilson

Usage in poetry
Nach mehrfachen Sturme gelang es uns dann,
die Höhe für uns zu erringen;
doch galt es für uns auch an diesem Tag,
recht schwere Opfer zu bringen.