Galleriidæ, Galleridæ

pl. See Galeriida. gallery (gal'e-ri), n.; pl. galleries (-riz). [Early mod. E. galery, galarye; = D. galerij = G. gal lerie = Dan. Sw. galleri, But loe Polites, one of Priam's sons, Escaped from the slaughter of Pyrrhus, Comes fleeing through the wepons of his foes, Searching all wounded the long galleries And the voyd courtes. Surrey, Eneid, ii. 2438 For this world and the next world are not to the pure in heart two houses, but two rooms, a gallery to pa through, and a lodging to rest in, in the same house, which are both under the one roof, Christ Jesus. Donne , Sermons, x. Amongst other things he saw Galleries full of Greeke Images. Purchas , Pilgrimage, p. 59. Hence-2. A room or building for the exhibition of works of art, or, by extension, a collection of such works for exhibition.-3. A platform projecting from the interior walls of a building, supported by piers, pillars, brackets, or consoles, and overlooking the main floor, as in a church, theater, or public library. After dyner, he deperted out of the hall, and went up into a galarye, of twenty-four stayres of heyght. Berners, tr. of Froi art's Chron., IV. xxxiii. He sat down amidst the loud clapping of hands, in which the Lords below the bar and the strangers in the gallery joined. Macaulay , Historical E ays, IV. 326. These galleries were also useful as adding to the accom modation of the church, as people were able thence to see the ceremonies performed be low, and to hear the ma and music as well as from the floor of the IMG:content-2035.jpg:[blocks in formation] side, and often decorative feature, on the exterior or interior walls of an edifice, entering into the architectural design and at the same time affording communication between different parts, or facilities for keeping the build Galleries of the west front of the Cathedral of Amiens, 13th century, illustrating treatment of galleries a decorative feature. ture.") (From Viollet-le-Duc's Dict. de l'Architec: ing in repair. The name is sometimes given, by extension, to similar fea- tures intended only for ornament, and not affording a means of communication. Such galleries are usual in me- dieval churches. Round the roofs [ran] a gilded gallery That lent broad verge to distant lands. Tennyson, Palace of Art. focus. galley ber. The reason is that the sounds produced in one of the foci of such a chamber strike upon the wall all round, and, from the nature of the ellipse, are all reflected to the other gallery-furnace (gal'e-ri-fernās), n. A peculiar kind of furnace formerly used in the district of Zweibrücken in Germany for reducing mercurial ores. It consisted of a chamber long enough to hold from 30 to 50 cucurbits, arranged in two parallel rows, which were heated by a fire made on a grate below. Each cucurbit had a small separate condenser made of earthenware. A paint