Spacious and well-built structures in many of the Mediterranean ports for the reception and security of galleys.
·- ·pl of Arch, ·noun. ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
See College Street. ...
A Dictionary of London by Henry A Harben.
A common term among seamen for the Archipelago. (See also galley-arches.) ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war. II. Galley ·noun A proof sheet taken from typ...
Building the galley; a game formerly used at sea, in order to put a trick upon a landsman, or fresh-...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A low, flat-built vessel with one deck, and propelled by sails and oars, particularly in the Mediter...
[Ship] ...
William Smith's Bible Dictionary
·noun The European green woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker. ...
·noun A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along ...
South of Galley Quay, Thames Street (O.S. 1894-6). In Tower Ward. First mention: O.S. 1848-51. ...
South out of Lower Thames Street, east of the Custom House and Wool Quays (P.O. Directory). In Tower...
A quadrant in Tower Street, between Hart lane and Church lane, because Galley men dwelled there (S. ...
A city barge, used formerly on the lord mayor's day, when he was sworn in at Westminster. ...
The lord-mayor's barge, and other vessels for holidays. (See fust.) ...
Idle grumblers and skulkers, from whom discontent and mutiny generally derive their origin. Hence, "...
The figure-head. ...
An unfounded rumour. (See galley-growlers.) ...
The soot or ashes which accidentally drop into victuals in cooking. ...
The neological barbarisms foisted into sea-language. ...
A person condemned to work at the oar on board a galley, and chained to the deck. ...
A lazy skulker. ...
See gerletroch. ...
See galley. ...
A Barbary cruiser. ...
See Doctors' Commons and St. Mary le Bow. ...
The highest Court of the Archbishop of Canterbury, at one time held in the Church of St. Mary le Bow...
The opposite of what is termed Coventry; for it is figurative of a man incurring the expressed scorn...