Definition of Gallies

1. gally [v] - See also: gally

Lexicographical Neighbors of Gallies

gallicanism
gallicas
gallicise
gallicised
gallicises
gallicising
gallicism
gallicisms
gallicization
gallicizations
gallicize
gallicized
gallicizes
gallicizing
gallied
gallies (current term)
galliferous
galliform
galliforms
galligaskins
galligu
gallimatia
gallimaufrey
gallimaufreys
gallimaufries
gallimaufry
gallin
gallina
gallinaceae
gallinacean

Literary usage of Gallies

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1826)
"There were, generally, two classes of war-gallies : one of a single line of ... The construction of the numerous class of gallies of more than one bank, ..."

2. A New and General Biographical Dictionary: Containing an Historical and by William Tooke, William Beloe, Robert Nares (1798)
"he gallies, after their expedition, came to the mouth of the Seine into the bafons of Havre de Grace and Honfleur ; but here they could not winter, ..."

3. Memoirs of the Reign of Queen Elizabeth, from the Year 1581 Till Her Death by Thomas Birch (1754)
"... The king of Spain received manifold lofs hereby, his dreadful gallies ... his fleet of gallies with fo few of her mips, and when the gallies had fuch ..."

4. An Universal History: From the Earliest Accounts to the Present Time by George Sale, George Psalmanazar, Archibald Bower, George Shelvocke, John Campbell, John Swinton (1761)
"D gallies to the relief of ... gallies into the Venetian gulph, and being joined by three others at Zara, or Jadra, ... enemy's gallies, with 24.00 ..."

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