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gal•le•on



Pronunciation: (gal'ē-un, gal'yun), [key]
—n.
a large sailing vessel of the 15th to the 17th centuries used as a fighting or merchant ship, square-rigged on the foremast and mainmast and generally lateen-rigged on one or two after masts.

Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.

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