▪ I.† galay,v.Obs.—1 [Of unknown origin. Hart's ed. has stakker.] intr. To reel; to stagger. 1375Barbour Bruce ii. 422 And to philip sic rout he raucht, That thocht he wes off mekill maucht, He gert him galay disyly. ▪ II.galay, galays obs. ff. galley, gallows n.