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insects. The larvæ, when first hatched, often have but three pairs of legs. See Centiped, Galleyworm, Milliped.

Any myriapod of the genus Iulus and allied genera which rolls up spirally; a galleyworm. See Illust. under Myriapod.

The prow or fore part of a ship. [Poetic] "Galleys with vermilion prores." Pope.

A galley with four banks of oars or rowers.

A galley having five benches or banks of oars; as, an Athenian quinquereme.

Formerly, a kind of large war galley.

Furnished or adorned with beaks; as, rostrated galleys.

A long, low war galley used by the Neapolitans and Sicilians in the early part of the nineteenth century.

r. (c) To send out; to prepare and send. [Obs.] The Venetian admiral had a fleet of sixty galleys, set forth by the Venetians. Knolles. -- To set forward. (a) To cause to advance. (b) To promote. -- To set free, to release from confinement, imprisonment, or bondage; to liberate; to emancipate. -- To set in, to put in…

Wheel Chains; 6 Binnacle; 7 Mizzenmast; 8 Skylight; 9 Capstan; 10 Mainmast; 11 Pumps; 12 Galley or Caboose; 13 Main Hatchway; 14 Windlass; 15 Foremast; 16 Fore Hatchway; 17 Bitts; 18 Bowsprit; 19 Head Rail; 20 Boomkins; 21 Catheads on Port Bow and Starboard Bow; 22 Fore Chains; 23 Main Chains; 24 Mizzen Chains; 25 Ste…

or other work struck off by itself; a proof from a column of type when set up and in the galley.

A millepid, or galleyworm; -- called also thousand-legged worm.

An ancient galley or vessel with tree banks, or tiers, of oars.

A galleyworm.