gallivat (galivat)

[E. Ind.] A large boat used in the far East, rarely exceeding 70 tons in burden, two-masted, and commonly carrying small swivel-guns. The Malay pirates employ these boats on account of their swift ne . gallivorous (ga-liv'ō-rus), a. [L. gall a, a gallnut, + vorare, eat, devour: see gall3.] In en tom., devouring the interior of galls: applied to the larvæ of gall-producing insects. galliwasp (gal'i-wosp), n. [Appar. of W. Ind. origin.] A lizard, Celestus occiduus, about a foot long, remarkably stout and plump, and brown in general color. It is a native of the West Indies, and seems to be particularly common in Jamaica, where it is much dreaded and abhorred by the inhabitants, though without reason. Also spelled gallywasp. Then all, sitting on the sandy turf, defiant of galliwasps and jack-spaniards, and all the weapons of the insect host, partook of the equal banquet. Kingsley, Westward Ho, xvii.