Definition of galley

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

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Gally :: Gally (n.) See Galley, n., 4..
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..
Cookroom :: Cookroom (n.) A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship.
Wireworm :: Wireworm (n.) A galleyworm.
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..
Bank :: Bank (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars..
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.
Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley..
Quadrireme :: Quadrireme (n.) A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.
Galley :: Galley (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
Galley :: Galley (n.) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century..
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..
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..
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.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
Galley :: Galley (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure..
Ramberge :: Ramberge (n.) Formerly, a kind of large war galley..
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..
Bireme :: Bireme (n.) An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.
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