gammoning

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Rope lashings on the bowsprit of a boat
Present participle of gammon
The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays
{i} rope or iron band by which the bowsprit of a ship is fastened to the stem to oppose the lifting movement of the mast's front rope (Nautical); act of imposing upon or tricking a person
The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person
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A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not taken a single stone; (also, rarely, backgammon, the game itself)
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To cure bacon by salting
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To deceive, to lie plausibly
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The lower or hind part of a side of bacon
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Chatter, ridiculous nonsense

He swore that all other religions were gammon,And wore out his knees in the worship of Mammon.

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To beat by a gammon (without the opponent taking a stone)
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A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning)
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To lash with ropes (on a ship)
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{n} a buttock of a hog salted and dried
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A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone
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Backgammon
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Gammon is smoked or salted meat, similar to bacon, from the back leg or the side of a pig. meat from a pig's leg which has been preserved using salt bacon
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To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his "men" or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person
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or counters home and withdraw any of them from the board; as, to gammon a person
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To beat in the game of backgammon, before an antagonist has been able to get his "men"
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An imposition or hoax; humbug
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To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke
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To impose on; to hoax; to cajole
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meat cut from the thigh of a hog (usually smoked)
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{i} backgammon (game); nonsense (British); smoked ham
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hind portion of a side of bacon
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A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship
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The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch
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To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron
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