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gallery (iou)



gallery noun & verb. LME.
[Old & mod. French galerie, from Italian galleria gallery, church porch, from medieval Latin galeria, perh. alt. of galilea GALILEE by dissimilation of l to r.]
A. noun.
A covered passageway, partly open at the side or having the roof supported by pillars; US a porch, a veranda. LME.
H. Hunter There is in the gallery of the Tuilleries, on the right as you enter the gardens, an Ionic column. W. A. Percy Well-wishers..drove him Home, and deposited him..in the swing on his own front gallery.
A long narrow balcony constructed on the outside of a building, at some elevation from the ground and open at the front apart from a railing, balustrade, etc. LME.
b. Nautical. A balcony built outside the body of a ship, at the stern or the quarters. E17.
c. Architecture. A long narrow passage built into the thickness of a wall or supported on corbels, open towards the interior of a building. M18.
d. A passenger car like a basket attached to a hot-air balloon. L18-E20.
A long narrow room, sometimes one providing access to Other parts of a house; a room or building devoted to the exhibition (and sale) of paintings, sculptures, etc. E16.
I. McEwan She was picking her way slowly through a long gallery of treasures, heirlooms. fig.: P. Ustinov His war tales of the provinces, of a gallery of powerful women and indeterminate men.
b. A more or less horizontal underground passage (Military & Mining); a passage made by an animal, now only underground or through a rock. M17.
J. G. Farrell The distance between the ends of the branch galleries should be such that the enemy cannot burrow between them unheard.
c. = shooting-gallery s.v. SHOOTING verbal noun. M19.
A platform or balcony projecting from the inner wall of a church, courtroom, hall, etc. serving e.g. to provide extra room for an audience or reserved for musicians etc.; spec. in a theatre, the highest of such balconies, containing the cheapest seats. L16.
T. Hardy Her sight Swept the west gallery, and caught its row Of Music-men. F. Raphael When I was a girl there wasn't a gallery for the women at the synagogue. H. Rosenthal I could have got into the back of the gallery for 6d.
b. The part of a meeting-house of the Society of Friends occupied by the elders. E19.
c. The control room of a Television studio. M20.
sing. & in pl. The people occupying the gallery in a theatre etc.; fig. the least refined part of an audience. M17.
play to the gallery, play for the gallery appeal to unrefined tastes.
H. Irving That same gallery which at first roared itself hoarse, while the play went on.
b. A group of spectators at a Golf match etc. L19.
Golf Monthly Sandy Lyle acknowledges the cheers of the huge gallery on the last green.
Real Tennis. Each of eight openings beneath the side penthouses of the court, backed by netting to catch balls and protect spectators. L17.
An ornamental rim or railing edging a table, shelf, etc. M19.
Comb.: gallery forest a forest restricted to the banks of a river or stream; gallery grave Archaeology an underground megalithic burial chamber which may be divided into sections but has no separate entrance passage; gallery play showy or ostentatious play designed to gain applause; gallery tray a silver tray with a raised rim, used to carry glasses etc.
b. verb trans. Provide with a balcony or gallery. E17.
galleried adjective provided with a gallery M16.
galleryite noun a member of the audience in the gallery of a theatre L19.

deliver(2) (iou)



deliver verb. ME.
[Old & mod. French delivrer from Proto-Gallo-Romance, from Latin de- DE- 1 + liberare LIBERATE verb.]
I. verb trans.
Save, rescue, set free, (from, of). ME.
Bible (AV): 1 Samuel 17:37 The Lord..will deliver me out of the hand of this Philistine. T. Hardy A mood of disgust..from which he was only delivered by..abandoning these studies.
b. Pottery & Founding. Release from the mould. M19.
Free, rid, divest, (of, from). arch. ME.
deliver a jail Hist.: clear it of prisoners in order to bring them to trial at the assizes.
W. Lithgow The vertue to deliuer a woman from her paine in child-birth.
b. Unload (a ship, container, etc.). L18.
Assist (a woman, occas. a female animal) in giving birth; assist at the birth of (a child, offspring); give birth to. Freq. (earlier) in pass., give birth (foll. by of a child, offspring), be born. ME.
Shakespeare Winter's Tale She is, something before her time, deliver'd. S. Plath Will..had to deliver eight babies before he could graduate. G. Bourne The majority of women will deliver their heaviest child when they are about 35. B. Trapido The baby..could not be delivered without forceps. fig.: B. Jowett I have been delivered of an infinite variety of speeches about virtue before now.
refl. Disburden oneself of what is in one's mind; speak, discourse. ME.
L. van der Post Theologians..delivering themselves of resounding solemnities.
Give up entirely, give over; surrender, yield, abandon, resign. Freq. foll. by up, over. ME.
Shakespeare Richard II See them delivered over To execution and the hand of death. M. Pattison When premiers deliver up their portfolios. A. Mason God would deliver their enemies into their hand.
b. refl. Devote oneself to. rare. M16.
M. Bradbury Howard delivers himself to the task of persuasion.
Hand over to another's possession or keeping, transfer; esp. bring and hand over (a letter, a parcel, ordered goods, etc.) to the proper recipient or address; present, render (an account etc.). ME.
deliver the goods fig. carry out one's part of an agreement, do what is expected of one.
W. H. Prescott A message which he must deliver in person. B. Malamud He delivered the prisoner first to Secret Police Headquarters. fig.: G. Greer The Marriage bargain offers what cannot be delivered if it is thought to offer emotional Security.
b. Law. Hand over formally (esp. a sealed deed to the grantee). L16.
Give out in words; utter, recite; pronounce (judgement etc.). LME.
J. Agate Good criticisms..tellingly delivered. W. S. Churchill Scarcely literate enough to deliver a decent sermon. M. McCarthy They had never heard 'their Marriage is not lawful' delivered with such emphasis.
Communicate, make known; describe, report, set forth. LME-E19.
Shakespeare Winter's Tale I..heard the old shepherd deliver the manner how he found it.
Launch, aim, send forth (a blow, an attack, etc.); cast, throw, project (a missile, ball, etc.); produce, supply. Also with indirect obj. L16.
T. Medwin In delivering his harpoon he lost his balance. I. Murdoch She..brought the brush into play, delivering me a sharp jab on the ankle. I. T. Botham You can't decide how you're going to play a ball before it's delivered. Dirt Bike The six-speed gearbox..delivers almost 50 miles per gallon.
II. verb intrans.
Give birth; hand something over; distribute mail, goods, etc., to the proper recipients or addresses; speak, pronounce; Cricket bowl a ball. LME.
J. Robinson They first delivered on civil affairs: afterwards the discourse turned on war. Sir W. Scott Are we commanded to stand and deliver on the King's highway? Oxford English Dictionary The postman who delivers in that part of the town. M. Bradbury Mrs Macintosh, when she did deliver, delivered in bulk, and had twins.
b. spec. Provide what is expected or what one has promised. (Foll. by on a pledge etc.) Orig. US. M20.
S. Brill Fitzsimmons was trying to deliver on one of the reforms he had promised the government.
Pottery & Founding. Come free from the mould. L18.
deliverable adjective & noun (a) adjective able to be delivered; (b) noun a thing able to be delivered, esp. at an agreed stage in the development of a product (usu. in pl.): M18.