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galliass

galliass is the alternative spelling of galleass.

Meaning of galleass

Noun

galleass (plural galleasses)

  1. (historical) A type of rowable vessel of the 16th and 17th centuries, similar to a galley but larger, and normally equipped with sails.
    • The delectableſt luſtie ſight and mouingeſt obiect, me thought it was that our Ile ſets forth, and nothing behinde in number with the inuincible Spanish Armada, though they were not ſuch Gargantuan boyſterous gulliguts as they, though ſhips and galeaſſes they would haue beene reckoned in the nauy...1599, [Thomas] Nashe, Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC, page 5

Forms of galliass

pluralgalliasses

Questions about galliass

What is galliass the alternative spelling of?
Galliass is the alternative spelling of galleass.

Words near galliass in the dictionary

  1. galliard
  2. galliardise
  3. galliardly
  4. galliardness
  5. galliards
  6. galliass
  7. galliasses
  8. gallibodies
  9. gallibody
  10. gallic
  11. gallic acid

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