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galley | x |

As a noun galley

is (nautical) a long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

galley

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (nautical) A long, slender ship propelled primarily by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; usually referring to rowed warships used in the Mediterranean from the 16th century until the modern era.
  • (British) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.
  • (nautical) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.
  • (nautical) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.
  • An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.
  • (printing) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc.
  • (printing) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.

    • Derived terms

    * galleass * galley slave * galley-worm * galliot

    See also

    * bireme * trireme * quadrireme * unireme/monoreme/penteconter * quinquereme/pentere * polyreme

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----