Look up: galley

1. galley
   A proof of a book made before the pages are numbered.
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2. galley
   [n] - a large medieval vessel with a single deck propelled by sails and oars with guns at stern and prow 2. [n] - (classical antiquity) a crescent-shaped seagoing vessel propelled by oars 3. [n] - the kitchen area for food preparation on an airliner 4. [n] - the area for food preparation on a ship
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3. Galley
   A kitchen area - usually not as well equipped as the norm
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4. galley
   A warship powered by oars. The standard-sized Roman galley was a trireme with 270 oarsmen in 3 banks. They also had a large, square sail that was used for speed when the wind was favourable. An underwater battering ram stuck out from the bow and was used to ram enemy ships.
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5. galley
   large setting stick which holds the type for a whole page Category: Printing and publishing • Compartment in which cooking and other food preparation is done in ships. Category: agriculture, fisheries, forestry - food processing industries
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6. Galley
   Gal'ley noun ; plural Galleys . [ Middle English gale , galeie (cf. Old French galie , galée , Late Latin galea , LGr. ...; of unknown origin.] 1. (Nautical) A vessel propelled by oars,...
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7. galley
   Origin: OE. Gale, galeie (cf. OF. Galie, galee, LL. Galea, LGr.; of unknown origin. ... 1. A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; as: 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 ...
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8. galley
   ship`s galley noun the area for food preparation on a ship
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9. Galley
   • (n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof. • (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose. • (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not • (n.) A large v...
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10. galley
    (from the article `proofreading`) ...publication. Proofreading dates from the early days of printing. A contract of 1499 held the author finally responsible for correction of proofs. ...
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11. galley
    large seagoing vessel propelled primarily by oars. The Egyptians, Cretans, and other ancient peoples used sail-equipped galleys for both war and ... [4 related articles]
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12. Galley
    [kitchen] The galley is the compartment of a ship, train or aircraft where food is cooked and prepared. It can also refer to a land based kitchen on a naval base or a particular formed household kitchen. ==Ship`s kitchen== A galley is the kitchen aboard a vessel, usually laid out in an effic...
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13. Galley
    A galley was a low, flat-built warship with one deck and navigated by sails and oars once common in the Mediterranean. Common galleys were between 30 and 60 metres long, and smaller galleys were known as half-galleys and quarter-galleys.
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14. Galley
    A galley is a type of ship propelled by rowers that originated in the Mediterranean region and was used for warfare, trade and piracy from the first millennium BC. Galleys dominated naval warfare in the Mediterranean Sea from the 8th century BC until development of advanced sailing warships in the ...
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15. GALLEY
    The kitchen area of a boat
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16. Galley
    The kitchen area of a boat.
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17. galley
    galley, long, narrow vessel widely used in ancient and medieval times, propelled principally by oars but also fitted with sails. The earliest type was sometimes 150 ft (46 m) long with 50 oars. Rowers were slaves, prisoners of war, or (later) convicts; they were usually chained to benches set along ...
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18. Galley
    A galley was a rectangular tray, open at one end, used for holding set type in the printing industry. Later the term came to be a unit of measurement, 22 inches long, used in type composition.
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19. galley
    Ship powered by oars, and usually also equipped with sails. Galleys typically had a crew of hundreds of rowers arranged in banks. They were used in warfare in the Mediterranean from antiquity until the 18th century. France maintained a fleet of some 40 galleys, crewed by over 10,000 convicts, until ...
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20. galley
    The cooking area of a boat.
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21. galley
    the kitchen on a ship
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22. Galley
    The kitchen area of a boat.
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23. Galley
    [Naval Acronyms and Slang] The kitchen in a ship (RN)
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24. Galley
    the kitchen of the ship
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25. galley
    The earliest printing of a work used by the proofreader and author to check for errors. Galleys are often printed on long continuous strips of paper. Sometimes the term is used interchangeably, although incorrectly, with the term advance reading copy. Also known as galley proof. See also proofs.
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