Definition of galley

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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..

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Galley :: Galley (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not.
Cookroom :: Cookroom (n.) A room for cookery; a kitchen; the galley or caboose of a ship.
Galley :: Galley (n.) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century..
Quinquereme :: Quinquereme (n.) A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme..
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..
Caboose :: Caboose (n.) A house on deck, where the cooking is done; -- commonly called the galley..
Scampavia :: Scampavia (n.) A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century..
Trireme :: Trireme (n.) An ancient galley or vessel with tree 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.
Galley :: Galley (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure..
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..
Pillworm :: Pillworm (n.) Any myriapod of the genus Iulus and allied genera which rolls up spirally; a galleyworm. See Illust. under Myriapod.
Galleys :: Galleys (pl. ) of Galle.
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..
Bireme :: Bireme (n.) An ancient galley or vessel with two banks or tiers of oars.
Gally :: Gally (n.) See Galley, n., 4..
Coursey :: Coursey (n.) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
Milleped :: Milleped (n.) A myriapod with many legs, esp. a chilognath, as the galleyworm..
Copper :: Copper (n.) the boilers in the galley for cooking; as, a ship's coppers..
Rostrated :: Rostrated (a.) Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys..
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