Part 4684

<h1>Gallature</h1> <Xpage=609>

<hw>Gal"la*ture</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From L. <ets>gallus</ets> a cock.]</ety> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The tread, treadle, or chalasa of an egg.</def>

<h1>Galleass</h1> <Xpage=609>

<hw>Gal"le*ass</hw> <tt>(?; 135)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F. <ets>gal</ets>\'82<ets>asse</ets>, <ets>gal\'82ace</ets>; cf. It. <ets>galeazza</ets>, Sp. <ets>galeaza</ets>; LL. <ets>galea</ets> a galley. See <er>Galley</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See <er>Galleon</er>, and <er>Galley</er>.</def> <altsp>[Written variously <asp>galeas</asp>, <asp>gallias</asp>, etc.]</altsp>

<note>&hand; "The <i>galleasses</i> . . . were a third larger than the ordinary galley, and rowed each by three hundred galley slaves. They consisted of an enormous towering structure at the stern, a castellated structure almost equally massive in front, with seats for the rowers amidships."</note>

<i>Motley.</i>

<h1>Gallegan, Gallego</h1> <Xpage=609>

<hw><hw>Gal*le"gan</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <hw>Gal*le"go</hw> <tt>(? or ?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>Gallego</ets>.]</ety> <def>A native or inhabitant of Galicia, in Spain; a Galician.</def>

<h1>Galle\'8bn</h1> <Xpage=609>

<hw>Gal"le*\'8bn</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Pyro<ets>gallo</ets>l + phthal<ets>e\'8bn</ets>.]</ety> <fld>(Chem.)</fld> <def>A red crystalline dyestuff, obtained by heating together pyrogallic and phthalic acids.</def>

<h1>Galleon</h1> <Xpage=609>

<hw>Gal"le*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Sp. <ets>galeon</ets>, cf. F. <ets>galion</ets>; fr. LL. <ets>galeo</ets>, <ets>galio</ets>. See <er>Galley</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A sailing vessel of the 15th and following centuries, often having three or four decks, and used for war or commerce. The term is often rather indiscriminately applied to any large sailing vessel.</def>

<blockquote>The <b>gallens</b> . . . were huge, round-stemmed, clumsy vessels, with bulwarks three or four feet thick, and built up at stem and stern, like castels. <i>Motley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Galleot</h1> <Xpage=609>

<hw>Gal"le*ot</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>See <er>Galiot</er>.</def>

<h1>Gallery</h1> <Xpage=609>

<hw>Gal"ler*y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl <plw>Galleries</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[F. <ets>galerie</ets>, It. <ets>galleria</ets>, fr. LL. <ets>galeria</ets> gallery, perh. orig., a festal hall, banquetting hall; cf. OF. <ets>galerie</ets> a rejoicing, fr. <ets>galer</ets> to rejoice. Cf. <er>Gallant</er>, <tt>a.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A long and narrow corridor, or place for walking; a connecting passageway, as between one room and another; also, a long hole or passage excavated by a boring or burrowing animal.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A room for the exhibition of works of art; <as>as, a picture <ex>gallery</ex></as>; hence, also, a large or important collection of paintings, sculptures, etc.</def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A long and narrow platform attached to one or more sides of public hall or the interior of a church, and supported by brackets or columns; -- sometimes intended to be occupied by musicians or spectators, sometimes designed merely to increase the capacity of the hall.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A frame, like a balcony, projecting from the stern or quarter of a ship, and hence called <i>stern galery</i> or <i>quarter gallry</i>, -- seldom found in vessels built since 1850.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <fld>(Fort.)</fld> <def>Any communication which is covered overhead as well as at the sides. When prepared for defense, it is a <i>defensive galery</i>.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>A working drift or level.</def>

<cs><col>Whispering gallery</col>. <cd>See under <er>Whispering</er>.</cd></cs>

<h1>Galletyle</h1> <Xpage=609>

<hw>Gal"le*tyle</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gallytile</ets>. Cf. <er>Gallipot</er>.]</ety> <def>A little tile of glazed earthenware. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "The substance of <i>galletyle</i>."</def>

<i>Bacon.</i>

<h1>Galley</h1> <Xpage=609>

<hw>Gal"ley</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt>; <plu>pl. <plw>Galleys</plw> <tt>(#)</tt></plu>. <ety>[OE. <ets>gale</ets>, <ets>galeie</ets> (cf. OF. <ets>galie</ets>, <ets>gal\'82e</ets>, LL. <ets>galea</ets>, LGr. <?/; of unknown origin.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not</def>; as: <sd>(a)</sd> <def>A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century</def>. <sd>(b)</sd> <def>A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars</def>. <sd>(c)</sd> <def>A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure</def>. <sd>(d)</sd> <def>One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.</def>