† galiegrossn.
Obsolete.
A great galley.
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1652 T. Urquhart Εκσκυβαλαυρον 149 Whether they had Galleys, Galeoons, Galiegrosses, or huge war-ships, it was all one to him.
a1665 K. Digby Jrnl. Voy. to Mediterranean (1868) 38 I had intelligence that there was great force of galliones and galligrosses in the roade that might happily oppose me.
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