GALLEY.—A thin, moveable frame or tray of wood, brass, or zinc, on which the matter from the composing-stick is deposited as it is set up, and which affords a level surface for making up pages. Galleys are made of different shapes, according to the class of matter they are intended to contain. Newspaper column galleys hare a metal bottom about the thickness of one em pearl, and matter emptied upon them only requires to be fastened up with a sidestick and quoins and it may be placed under a galley press, and a proof pulled, without the necessity of tying up and removing the type. Quarto and folio jobbing galleys are similarly made. The common jobbing galley is made entirely of wood, as also is the slip galley, which is usually used for bookwork, such matter being invariably made up into pages, and imposed, previous to the first proof being pulled.

GALLEY PRESS.—A press for obtaining proofs from matter locked-up in galleys. Presses of this description are found in all newspaper offices, and in most bookwork houses, as they enable proofs to be pulled in the most expeditious manner in slips, and prevent the straining of a large press which is caused by a long narrow column of matter being impressed under a broad platen. In the ordinary galley press the impression is given by a long, narrow platen, to which is affixed a blanket, the platen being made to rise and fall by means of a long lever handle. At the right-hand is fixed an ink-table, and a hook to hang the roller on. Underneath is a shelf for damp paper.