Galaxy

[Fr. galaxie; Gr. kuklois galax i as, the milky circle, from gala galaktos, milk.] ( Astron.) See MILKY WAY. -An a emblage of splendid persons or things; as, a galaxy of beauty or wit. "Winds of gentlest gale ." -Milton. ( Naut .) When used without qualification, it signifies a vehement, tempestuous, or destructive wind; a storm of wind. ( Bot .) See MYRICA. -v.n. (Naut.) To sail rapidly; to bowl along. Gale, in Wisconsin, a township of Trempealeau co. Pop. (1895) 1,816.