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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Cuddy :: Cuddy (n.) A small cabin: also, the galley or kitchen of a vessel..
Galley :: Galley (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
Galley-bird :: Galley-bird (n.) The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker..
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..
Bireme :: Bireme (n.) An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.
Rostrated :: Rostrated (a.) Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys..
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..
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.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
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.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
Thousand Legs :: Thousand legs () A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm..
Quinquereme :: Quinquereme (n.) A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme..
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..
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.
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..
Galley :: Galley (n.) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century..
Slice :: Slice (v. t.) A removable sliding bottom to galley.
Galley :: Galley (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not.
Coursey :: Coursey (n.) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
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