"Galley" missing from the OED?

[Dan Goncharoff]

Could you be confusing galleon and galley?
DanG



On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 9:10 AM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> I have seen 18th century ocean-going ships called "galleys", in
> customs house reports, for example.  But I do not see any sense in
> the OED other than for vessels propelled by oars.  Am I missing
> something, or is the OED?
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> Joel
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