Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for GAL'LY
GAL'LY, n. [Port. galé, a galley, and a printer's frame; Fr. galée.]
A printer's frame or oblong square board with a ledge on three sides, into which types are emptied from the composing stick. It has a groove to admit a false bottom, called a gally-slice. Encyc.
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