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Gallery, -ary, -ory, n. Also: galery, gaylery, gallarye, -arie, -orie; pl. galleireis. [e.m.E. galary, ME. galery (a 1500), F. galerie. See also Galry n.] A gallery.(a) 1497 Treas. Acc. I. 370.
To the man that thekis the gallory in Striuelin with scailȝee 1503 Ib. II. 410.
For xv elne cammes for the finisteres of the Quenis gallory 1506 Ib. III. 384.
To big ane gallory for halkis 1567 Liber Dryburgh 403.
For ane sclateris expensis mendand … the gallorie and trance(b) 1533 Bell. Livy I. 84/1.
Sindry placis … war dividit … to be edifyit … with tavernis and galeryis [L. porticus] 15.. Clar. v. 124.
The galleireis about the fresch gardingis Wer stentit all with rich apperrellingis 1567 Crim. Trials I. 502.
This deponir and Edward Symonis lay in the litill gaylery 1583 Sat. P. xlv. 756.
When Monseir gaid vnto his mes Into ane gallerie neir besyde 1600 Crim. Trials II. 249.
Alexander Ruthven leidis his Majestie … throw ane galeryattrib. a1578 Pitsc. I. 260/21.
Ane nobill man of the toun … gangand in his gallerie stair fornent the corse 1593 Reg. Great S. 9/2.
Inter dictum deambulachrum et lie gallerie gavill(c) 1566 Prot. Bk. T. Johnstoun 103.
The North Gallary and Est Gallary under and about glassit and kasit 1596 Highland P. I. 182.
That day my Lord convened in Janet Cornuells high gallarie 1610 Hist. Kinloss A. p. xi.
The holl sut of gilt lether heingenis whiche did hange the gallarie of the hous