Definition of galley

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

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Coursey :: Coursey (n.) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
Galley :: Galley (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure..
Quadrireme :: Quadrireme (n.) A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.
Copper :: Copper (n.) the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers..
Dromon :: Dromon () In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel..
Cookroom :: Cookroom (n.) A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship.
Scampavia :: Scampavia (n.) A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century..
Quinquereme :: Quinquereme (n.) A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme..
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..
Thousand Legs :: Thousand legs () A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm..
Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley..
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.
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.
Galley :: Galley (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
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-bird :: Galley-bird (n.) The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker..
Galley :: Galley (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not.
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.
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