n.; pl. Alleys [ OE. aley, alley, OF. alée, F. allée, a going, passage, fr. OE. aler, F. aller, to go; of uncertain origin: cf. Prov. anar, It. andare, Sp. andar. ] 1. A narrow passage; especially a walk or passage in a garden or park, bordered by rows of trees or bushes; a bordered way. [ 1913 Webster ]

I know each lane and every alley green. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A narrow passage or way in a city, as distinct from a public street. Gay. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A passageway between rows of pews in a church. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. (Persp.) Any passage having the entrance represented as wider than the exit, so as to give the appearance of length. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. The space between two rows of compositors' stands in a printing office. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Alleys [ A contraction of alabaster, of which it was originally made. ] A choice taw or marble. Dickens. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Furnished with alleys; forming an alley. “An alleyed walk.” Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

pos>n. An alley. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Galleys [ OE. gale, galeie (cf. OF. galie, galée, LL. galea, LGr. &unr_;; of unknown origin. ] 1. (Naut.) A vessel propelled by oars, whether having masts and sails or not; as: (a) A large vessel for war and national purposes; -- common in the Middle Ages, and down to the 17th century. (b) A name given by analogy to the Greek, Roman, and other ancient vessels propelled by oars. (c) A light, open boat used on the Thames by customhouse officers, press gangs, and also for pleasure. (d) One of the small boats carried by a man-of-war. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ The typical galley of the Mediterranean was from one hundred to two hundred feet long, often having twenty oars on each side. It had two or three masts rigged with lateen sails, carried guns at prow and stern, and a complement of one thousand to twelve hundred men, and was very efficient in mediaeval warfare. Galleons, galliots, galleasses, half galleys, and quarter galleys were all modifications of this type. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The cookroom or kitchen and cooking apparatus of a vessel; -- sometimes on merchant vessels called the caboose. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Chem.) An oblong oven or muffle with a battery of retorts; a gallery furnace. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. [ F. galée; the same word as E. galley a vessel. ] (Print.) (a) An oblong tray of wood or brass, with upright sides, for holding type which has been set, or is to be made up, etc. (b) A proof sheet taken from type while on a galley; a galley proof. [ 1913 Webster ]

Galley slave, a person condemned, often as a punishment for crime, to work at the oar on board a galley. “To toil like a galley slave.” Macaulay.--
Galley slice (Print.), a sliding false bottom to a large galley. Knight. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Etymol. uncertain. ] (Zool.) The European green woodpecker, called also the yaffle; also, the spotted woodpecker. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Prob. so called because the numerous legs along the sides move rhythmically like the oars of a galley. ] (Zool.) A chilognath myriapod of the genus Iulus, and allied genera, having numerous short legs along the sides; a milliped or “thousand legs.” See Chilognatha. [ 1913 Webster ]

n.; pl. Valleys [ OE. vale, valeie, OF. valée, valede, F. vallée, LL. vallata, L. vallis, valles. See Vale. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. The space inclosed between ranges of hills or mountains; the strip of land at the bottom of the depressions intersecting a country, including usually the bed of a stream, with frequently broad alluvial plains on one or both sides of the stream. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster ]

The valley of the shadow of death. Ps. xxiii. 4. [ 1913 Webster ]

Sweet interchange
Of hill and valley, rivers, woods, and plains. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ Deep and narrow valleys with abrupt sides are usually the results of erosion by water, and are called gorges, ravines, canyons, gulches, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Arch.) (a) The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle. (b) The depression formed by the meeting of two slopes on a flat roof. [ 1913 Webster ]

Valley board (Arch.), a board for the reception of the lead gutter in the valley of a roof. The valley board and lead gutter are not usual in the United States. --
Valley rafter, or
Valley piece (Arch.), the rafter which supports the valley. --
Valley roof (Arch.), a roof having one or more valleys. See Valley, 2, above. [ 1913 Webster ]