gallias

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gallias - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Galleass \Gal"le*ass\ (?; 135), n. [F. gal['e]asse, gal['e]ace;
     cf. It. galeazza, Sp. galeaza; LL. galea a galley. See
     Galley.] (Naut.)
     A large galley, having some features of the galleon, as
     broadside guns; esp., such a vessel used by the southern
     nations of Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. See
     Galleon, and Galley. [Written variously galeas,
     gallias, etc.]
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     Note: "The galleasses . . . were a third larger than the
           ordinary galley, and rowed each by three hundred galley
           slaves. They consisted of an enormous towering
           structure at the stern, a castellated structure almost
           equally massive in front, with seats for the rowers
           amidships." --Motley. Gallegan