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galley-halfpenny
† galley-halfpenny Obs. Forms: see galley and halfpenny. [f. galley n. + halfpenny.] A silver coin, said to have been introduced into England by the sailors of the Genoese and other galleys that traded to London. Its use was prohibited by law early in the 15th cent.1409–10 Act 11 Hen. IV, c. 5 Ordei...
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galley
▪ I. galley, n. (ˈgælɪ) Forms: 4–6 galai, -ay(e, (4 gaylay, 6 ghallai, 7 gallay), gale(e, -ei(e, -ey(e, 5–6 galy(e, (5 gaili), 6–8 gally(e, (6 gallie), 4– galley. [ad. OF. galie, galee, med.L. galea, galeia, late Gr. γαλαία, γαλέα = Pr. galeya, galea, Sp. galea (obs.), Pg. galé, It. galea, galia. Th...
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Postage stamps and postal history of Malta
In 1885, the Malta Post Office was set up and Halfpenny Yellows and British stamps were no longer valid in Malta. Instead of depicting the monarch, these stamps featured: a Gozo boat (4½d), a Hospitaller galley (5d), the national personification Melita (2/6) and St
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gallipot
gallipot (ˈgælɪpɒt) Forms: 5 galy pott, gale pote, 6 galey potte, galeye pot, gallie potte, 6–8 gally pot (gally-pot), 7 gollee-, galley-pot, 8 galipot, 7– gallipot. [The first element in this word (occurring also in galley-dish, galley-tile) is of uncertain origin, but possibly identical with galle...
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jane
jane1 (dʒeɪn) Also 5 iayne. [From OF. Janne(s, F. Gênes; cf. ME. Janewey, Genoway.] † 1. A small silver coin of Genoa introduced into England towards the end of the 14th century: cf. galley-halfpenny. Obs.c 1386 Chaucer Sir Thopas 24 His Robe was of Syklatoun That coste many a Iane [v.r. Iayne]. ― C...
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List of Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1770
for amending and widening the Road from Saint Benedict's Gate, in the County of the City of Norwich, to Swaffham, in the County of Norfolk; and from Halfpenny archived=n|An Act to continue Two Acts, of the Third and Seventeenth Years of the Reign of King George the Second, for repairing the Road leading from Galley
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List of Acts of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1771
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| {{|Oxford Roads Act 1771|public|73|28-03-1771|archived=n|An Act for amending, widening, turning, and altering, the Road from the Bottom of Galley , in the County of Berks, and from Wantage to Marlborough, in the County of Wilts, and from the Turnpike Road between Reading and Watlingford through Halfpenny
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