Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not 2. (n.) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century. 3. (n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars. 4. (n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure. 5. (n.) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war. 6. (n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose. 7. (n.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace. 8. (n.) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc. 9. (n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia GALLEY gal'-i. See SHIPS AND BOATS, II, 2, (2).

Multi-Version Concordance Galley (1 Occurrence) Isaiah 33:21 But there Yahweh will be with us in majesty, a place of broad rivers and streams, in which no galley with oars will go, neither will any gallant ship pass by there. (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV NIV)