Definition of galley

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Galley (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure..

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Galley-bird :: Galley-bird (n.) The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker..
Copper :: Copper (n.) the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers..
Thousand Legs :: Thousand legs () A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm..
Galley :: Galley (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars..
Pillworm :: Pillworm (n.) Any myriapod of the genus Iulus and allied genera which rolls up spirally; a galleyworm. See Illust. under Myriapod.
Galley :: Galley (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not.
Bireme :: Bireme (n.) An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.
Galleass :: Galleass (n.) A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See Galleon, and Galley..
Galley :: Galley (n.) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc..
Myriapoda :: Myriapoda (n. pl.) A class, or subclass, of arthropods, related to the hexapod insects, from which they differ in having the body made up of numerous similar segments, nearly all of which bear true jointed legs. They have one pair of antennae, three pairs of mouth organs, and numerous trachaae, similar to those of true insects. The larvae, when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped..
Station :: Station (n.) An enlargement in a shaft or galley, used as a landing, or passing place, or for the accomodation of a pump, tank, etc..
Quinquereme :: Quinquereme (n.) A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme..
Galiot :: Galiot (n.) A small galley, formerly used in the Mediterranean, built mainly for speed. It was moved both by sails and oars, having one mast, and sixteen or twenty seats for rowers..
Galleys :: Galleys (pl. ) of Galle.
Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley..
Slip :: Slip (n.) A portion of the columns of a newspaper or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.
Gally :: Gally (n.) See Galley, n., 4..
Coursey :: Coursey (n.) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
Galley :: Galley (n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
Galley :: Galley (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure..
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