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.
Dromon :: Dromon () In the Middle Ages, a large, fast-sailing galley, or cutter; a large, swift war vessel..
Gally :: Gally (n.) See Galley, n., 4..
Galley :: Galley (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
Pillworm :: Pillworm (n.) Any myriapod of the genus Iulus and allied genera which rolls up spirally; a galleyworm. See Illust. under Myriapod.
Wireworm :: Wireworm (n.) A galleyworm.
Scampavia :: Scampavia (n.) A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century..
Bireme :: Bireme (n.) An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.
Galley :: Galley (n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
Thousand Legs :: Thousand legs () A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm..
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..
Bank :: Bank (n.) A bench, as for rowers in a galley; also, a tier of oars..
Galley :: Galley (n.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
Rostrated :: Rostrated (a.) Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys..
Galley :: Galley (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not.
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..
Cuddy :: Cuddy (n.) A small cabin: also, the galley or kitchen of a vessel..
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..
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..
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..
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