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- noun Plural form of
galeas .
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Examples
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He inquired what these _mahones_ were, and was told that they were not mahones, but galeases; the very vessels, in fact, which he had been led to believe had been separated from the enemy, and whose formidable artillery he did not expect to encounter.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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Of the six galeases four were soon pouring a murderous fire into the
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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Pacha that the Christian fleet had not as yet been joined either by the great ships or the galeases, and that forty galleys, sent under Santa
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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About noon a flash was seen to proceed from one of the galeases of the Christian fleet.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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The Pacha of Alexandria, who led the right wing, endeavored both to elude the galeases and circumvent his antagonists, the Venetians on the
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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Turkish onset was effectually broken by the dexterous disposition made of the galeases of Venice.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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The balls from the galeases appeared to stop the vessels which they struck, and which seemed to have been met as by a wall.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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One of the largest galeases ran foul of another vessel and was stranded.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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The advantages which the League derived from its galeases were heightened by the fact that a large proportion of its other vessels were superior to their antagonists.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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Perceiving the great superiority of the galeases in weight of metal, Ali ordered his galleys not to attempt to attack them, but, avoiding them as well as they could, to push on against the galleys of the Christians.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 10 John [Editor] Rudd 1885
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