Definition of galley

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Galley (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not.

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Quinquereme :: Quinquereme (n.) A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme..
Ramberge :: Ramberge (n.) Formerly, a kind of large war galley..
Galley :: Galley (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars..
Thousand Legs :: Thousand legs () A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm..
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..
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..
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.
Trireme :: Trireme (n.) An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars..
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..
Milleped :: Milleped (n.) A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as the galleyworm..
Galley :: Galley (n.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
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..
Galleys :: Galleys (pl. ) of Galle.
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..
Galley :: Galley (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not.
Galley :: Galley (n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
Wireworm :: Wireworm (n.) A galleyworm.
Gally :: Gally (n.) See Galley, n., 4..
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