Definition of Galey
Gal"ley (?), n.; pl.
Galleys (#). [OE. gale, galeie (cf.
OF. galie, galée, LL. galea, LGr. &?;; of
unknown origin.] 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.
&fist; 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. [F. galée; the same word as E.
galley a vessel.] (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." Macaulay.-- Galley
slice (Print.), a sliding false bottom to a
large galley. Knight.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
GALLEY. Building the galley; a game formerly used at
sea, in order to put a trick upon a landsman, or fresh-
water sailor. It being agreed to play at that game, one
sailor personates the builder, and another the merchant or
contractor: the builder first begins by laying the keel,
which consists of a number of men laid all along on their
backs, one after another, that is, head to foot; he next
puts in the ribs or knees, by making a number of men sit
feet to feet, at right angles to, and on each side of, the
keel: he now fixing on the person intended to be the object
of the joke, observes he is a fierce-looking fellow,
and fit for the lion; he accordingly places him at the head,
his arms being held or locked in by the two persons next
to him, representing the ribs. After several other
dispositions, the builder delivers over the galley to the
contractor as complete: but he, among other faults and
objections, observes the lion is not gilt, on which the builder
or one of his assistants, runs to the head, and dipping a
mop in the excrement, thrusts it into the face of the lion.
- The Devil's Dictionary (Ambrose Bierce)
- A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not
- A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century.
- A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars.
- A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
- One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
- The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
- An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
- An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
- A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.
- The Nuttall Encyclopedia
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