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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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..
Bank :: Bank (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars..
Galley :: Galley (n.) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
Thousand Legs :: Thousand legs () A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm..
Galleys :: Galleys (pl. ) of Galle.
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..
Coursey :: Coursey (n.) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
Copper :: Copper (n.) the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers..
Galley :: Galley (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
Galley :: Galley (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars..
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 large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century..
Cuddy :: Cuddy (n.) A small cabin: also, the galley or kitchen of a vessel..
Galley :: Galley (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure..
Galley :: Galley (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not.
Quinquereme :: Quinquereme (n.) A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme..
Scampavia :: Scampavia (n.) A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century..
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..
Rostrated :: Rostrated (a.) Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys..
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..
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