gallery vs galley

gallery

noun
  • The production control room. 

  • An establishment that buys, sells, and displays works of art. 

  • A roofed promenade, especially one extending along the wall of a building and supported by arches or columns on the outer side 

  • A part of a monocle, a projection off the ring holding the lens, which helps secure the monocle in the eye socket. 

  • The uppermost seating area projecting from the rear or side walls of a theater, concert hall, or auditorium. 

  • The spectators of an event, collectively. 

  • A browsable collection of images, font styles, etc. 

  • The boring trails produced by an insect in wood. 

  • The, often elevated and in the rear, part of a courtroom where seating for the public audience is facilitated during trial. 

  • A channel that carries engine oil to parts of the engine that need lubrication, such as the main bearings. 

  • An institution, building, or room for the exhibition and conservation of works of art. 

  • A level or drive in a mine. 

  • A covered passage cut through the earth or masonry. 

verb
  • To show off. 

galley

noun
  • The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel or aircraft; sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose. 

  • An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc. 

  • A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof. 

  • 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. 

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

  • One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war. 

  • A representation of a single masted ship propelled by oars, with three flags and a basket. 

  • An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace. 

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