Definition of galley

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Galley (n.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

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Galley :: Galley (n.) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc..
Ramberge :: Ramberge (n.) Formerly, a kind of large war galley..
Galley :: Galley (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not.
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..
Quadrireme :: Quadrireme (n.) A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.
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.
Bank :: Bank (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars..
Gally :: Gally (n.) See Galley, n., 4..
Galley :: Galley (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure..
Bireme :: Bireme (n.) An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.
Galley :: Galley (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by 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.) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
Dromon :: Dromon () In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel..
Milleped :: Milleped (n.) A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as the galleyworm..
Scampavia :: Scampavia (n.) A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century..
Cuddy :: Cuddy (n.) A small cabin: also, the galley or kitchen of a vessel..
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..
Slice :: Slice (v. t.) A removable sliding bottom to 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..
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