Whispering gallery. See under Whispering.
Gal"le*tyle (?), n. [OE. gallytile. Cf. Gallipot.] A little tile of
glazed earthenware. [Obs.] "The substance of galletyle." Bacon.
Gal"ley (?), n.; pl. Galleys (#). [OE. gale, galeie (cf. OF. galie,
galÈe, 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.
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. galÈe; 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.
Gal"ley-bird` (?), n. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zoˆl.) The European green
woodpecker; also, the spotted woodpecker. [Prov. Eng.]
Gal"ley-worm` (?), n. [Prob. so called because the numerous legs along
the sides move rhythmically like the oars of a galley.] (Zoˆl.) A
chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having
numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or "thousand legs." See
Chilognatha.
Gall"fly` (?), n.; pl. Gallflies (&?;). (Zoˆl.) An insect that deposits
its eggs in plants, and occasions galls, esp. any small hymenopteran of
the genus Cynips and allied genera. See Illust. of Gall.
Gal`li*am"bic (?), a. [L. galliambus a song used by the priests of
Cybele; Gallus (a name applied to these priests) + iambus] (Pros.)
Consisting of two iambic dimeters catalectic, the last of which lacks
the final syllable; -- said of a kind of verse.
Gal"li*an (?), a. [See Gallic.] Gallic; French. [Obs.] Shak.
Gal"liard (?), a. [OE., fr. F. gaillard, perh. of Celtic origin; cf.
Ir. & Gael. galach valiant, or AS. gagol, geagl, wanton, lascivious.]
Gay; brisk; active. [Obs.]