gally
Americanverb (used with object)
Etymology
Origin of gally
1695–1705; compare earlier gallow, apparently representing Old English agælwan to frighten
Example Sentences
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And Fleur, though le gally victorious, is less commanding in London society than before.
From Time Magazine Archive
This term I understood from the Bungan tribe to mean saltwater; water being kally, gally, or gallo.
From Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 1 by Mitchell, Thomas
The gally had seuen pieces of brasse in her prowe, small and great, she had thirty bankes or oares on either side, and at euery banke or oare seuen men to rowe.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 05 Central and Southern Europe by Hakluyt, Richard
But it's best no to be rash; sticking disna gang by strength, but by the guiding o' the gally.
From The Antiquary — Volume 01 by Scott, Walter, Sir
The canons let flie from both sides, and the gally is euen in the middest, and betweene them both.
From The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 11 by Hakluyt, Richard
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