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Galley :: Galley (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars..

Bank :: Bank (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars..

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..

Pillworm :: Pillworm (n.) Any myriapod of the genus Iulus and allied genera which rolls up spirally; a galleyworm. See Illust. under Myriapod.

Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley..

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.) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.

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

Galley :: Galley (n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.

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..

Wireworm :: Wireworm (n.) A galleyworm.

Galley :: Galley (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

Quadrireme :: Quadrireme (n.) A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.

Quinquereme :: Quinquereme (n.) A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme..

Gally :: Gally (n.) See Galley, n., 4..

Rostrated :: Rostrated (a.) Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys..

Copper :: Copper (n.) the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers..

Slice :: Slice (v. t.) A removable sliding bottom to galley.

Cookroom :: Cookroom (n.) A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship.

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