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Galley   /gˈæli/   Listen
noun
Galley  n.  (pl. galleys)  
1.
(Naut.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; as:
(a)
A large vessel for war and national purposes; common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century.
(b)
A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars.
(c)
A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
(d)
One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war. Note: The typical galley of the Mediterranean was from one hundred to two hundred feet long, often having twenty oars on each side. It had two or three masts rigged with lateen sails, carried guns at prow and stern, and a complement of one thousand to twelve hundred men, and was very efficient in mediaeval warfare. Galleons, galliots, galleasses, half galleys, and quarter galleys were all modifications of this type.
2.
The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
3.
(Chem.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
4.
(Print.)
(a)
An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
(b)
A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
Galley slave, a person condemned, often as a punishment for crime, to work at the oar on board a galley. "To toil like a galley slave."
Galley slice (Print.), a sliding false bottom to a large galley.





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"Galley" Quotes from Famous Books



... we have no control," continued Tom, while Jack hung his head and looked gloomy, "have arisen to knock our plans galley-west. Much as we'd be pleased to make the game, we simply can't ...
— Air Service Boys Over the Atlantic • Charles Amory Beach
... galley Pupil would hereby challenge the gentlemen of the boat Tutor to a race on the eighteenth of June, in Bath Bay waters. The course to be from Youngster's Wharf around Leander's Rock, and return. Stakes to be—the championship of Bath Bay. The oarsmen of the Pupil would respectfully ...
— Captain Mugford - Our Salt and Fresh Water Tutors • W.H.G. Kingston
... Christian kingdoms of the West, which already trembled at his name. He touched the utmost verge of the land; but an insuperable, though narrow, sea rolled between the two continents of Europe and Asia; and the lord of so many myriads of horse was not master of a single galley. The two passages of the Bosporus and Hellespont, of Constantinople and Gallipoli, were possessed, the one by the Christians, the other by the Turks. On this great occasion they forgot the difference of religion, to act with union and firmness in the common cause; the double ...
— The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 07 • Various
... always. This is very exciting. Do you know, I've a feeling you're going to knock 'em galley-west. And that," he nodded gaily down at her, "and that would be the ...
— The House of Toys • Henry Russell Miller
... the westward they were little boats of gold—shining gold—almost like little flames. And just below us was a rock with an arch worn through it. The blue sea-water broke to green and foam all round the rock, and a galley came gliding ...
— The Door in the Wall And Other Stories • H. G. Wells


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