Definition of galley

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Galley (n.) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century..

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Quadrireme :: Quadrireme (n.) A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.
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..
Iulus :: Iulus (n.) A genus of chilognathous myriapods. The body is long and round, consisting of numerous smooth, equal segments, each of which bears two pairs of short legs. It includes the galleyworms. See Chilognatha..
Galley :: Galley (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure..
Cuddy :: Cuddy (n.) A small cabin: also, the galley or kitchen of a vessel..
Galley-worm :: Galley-worm (n.) A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or thousand legs. See Chilognatha..
Galley :: Galley (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars..
Beak :: Beak (n.) A beam, shod or armed at the end with a metal head or point, and projecting from the prow of an ancient galley, in order to pierce the vessel of an enemy; a beakhead..
Galley :: Galley (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
Bireme :: Bireme (n.) An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.
Copper :: Copper (n.) the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers..
Gally :: Gally (n.) See Galley, n., 4..
Pillworm :: Pillworm (n.) Any myriapod of the genus Iulus and allied genera which rolls up spirally; a galleyworm. See Illust. under Myriapod.
Wireworm :: Wireworm (n.) A galleyworm.
Coursey :: Coursey (n.) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
Milleped :: Milleped (n.) A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as the galleyworm..
Thousand Legs :: Thousand legs () A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm..
Galley :: Galley (n.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
Galley-bird :: Galley-bird (n.) The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker..
Scampavia :: Scampavia (n.) A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century..
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