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 :: Galley (n.) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
Copper :: Copper (n.) the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers..
Trireme :: Trireme (n.) An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars..
Galleys :: Galleys (pl. ) of Galle.
Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley..
Galley :: Galley (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not.
Rostrated :: Rostrated (a.) Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys..
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.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure..
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..
Galley :: Galley (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars..
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..
Gally :: Gally (n.) See Galley, n., 4..
Galley-bird :: Galley-bird (n.) The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker..
Galley :: Galley (n.) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century..
Milleped :: Milleped (n.) A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as the galleyworm..
Bank :: Bank (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of 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.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
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..
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