strade, and extends from one side of the
ship to the other; the roof is formed by a sort of vault termed a cove,
which is frequently ornamented with carving. (_See_ STERN; also
QUARTER-GALLERY.)

GALLERY OF A MINE. The passage of horizontal communication, as
distinguished from the shaft or vertical descent, made underground by
military miners to reach the required position, for lodging the charge,
&c.; it averages 4-1/2 feet high by 3 feet wide.

GALLERY-LADDER. Synonymous with _stern-ladder_.

GALLEY. A low, flat-built vessel with one deck, and propelled by sails
and oars, particularly in the Mediterranean. The largest sort, called
galleasses, were formerly employed by the Venetians. They were about 160
feet long above, and 130 by the keel, 30 wide, and 20 length of
stern-post. They were furnished with three masts and thirty banks of
oars, each bank containing two oars, and every oar managed by
half-a-dozen slaves, chained to them. There are also _half-galleys_ and
_quarter-galleys_, but found by experience to be of little utility
except in fine weather. They generally hug the shore, only sometimes
venturing out to sea for a summer cruise. Also, an open boat rowing six
or eight oars, and used on the river Thames by custom-house officers,
and formerly by press-gangs; hence the names "custom-house galley,"
"press-galley," &c. Also, a clincher-built fast rowing-boat, rather
larger than a gig, appropriated in a man-of-war for the use of the
captain. The _galley_ or _gally_ is also the name of the ship's hearth
or kitchen, being the place where the grates are put up and the victuals
cooked. In small merchantmen it is called the caboose; and is generally
abaft the forecastle or fore-part of the ship.

GALLEY-ARCHES. Spacious and well-built structures in many of the
Mediterranean ports for the reception and security of galleys.

GALLEY-FOIST OR FUST. The lord-mayor's barge, and other vessels for
holidays. (_See_ FUST.)

GALLEY-GROWLERS. Idle grumblers and skulkers, from whom discontent and
mutiny generally derive their origin. Hence, "galley-packets," news
before the mail arrives.

GALLEY-NOSE. The figure-head.

GALLEY-PACKET. An unfounded rumour. (_See_ GALLEY-GROWLERS.)

GALLEY-PEPPER. The soot or ashes which accidentally drop into victuals
in cooking.

GALLEY-SLANG. The neological barbarisms foisted into sea-language.

GALLEY-SLAVE. A person condemned to work at the oar on board a galley,
and chained to the d