GALLEY-FOIST, GALLY-FOIST
\ɡˈalɪfˈɔ͡ɪst], \ɡˈalɪfˈɔɪst], \ɡ_ˈa_l_ɪ_f_ˈɔɪ_s_t]\
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A barge of state: sometimes specifically applied to the barge in which the Lord Mayor of London went in state to Westminster. "Rogues, hell-hounds, stentors, out of my doors, you sons of noise and tumult, begot on an ill May-day, or when the galley-foist is afloat to Westminster."-B. Jonson.
By Daniel Lyons
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