to tarnish, sully, debase, bring into disrepute; to waste; to squander; to overuse, render trite; to be lazy, loaf around; to demean oneself, compromise oneself
galley (kind of ship); torturous forced labor (long done at the oars of state galleys); a terrible task, drudge, ordeal, problem; a type of oven; mason's cart, for loading building materials