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• Alleys (2)
• Alley (2)

(1):

(n.) The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; - sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose.

(2):

(n.) A large vessel for war and national purposes; - common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century.

(3):

(n.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not

(4):

(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.

(5):

(n.) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars.

(6):

(n.) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure.

(7):

(n.) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war.

(8):

(n.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace.

(9):

(n.) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof.