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gammon
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gammon \Gam"mon\, v. t. [Etymol. unknown.] (Naut.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron. --Totten. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gammon \Gam"mon\ (g[a^]m"m[u^]n), n. [OF. gambon, F. jambon, fr. OF. gambe leg, F. jambe. See Gambol, n., and cf. Ham.] The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch. --Goldsmith. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gammon \Gam"mon\ (g[a^]m"m[u^]n), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gammoned (g[a^]m"m[u^]nd); p. pr. & vb. n. Gammoning.] To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gammon \Gam"mon\ (g[a^]m"m[u^]n), n. [See 2d Game.] 1. Backgammon. [1913 Webster] 2. A victory in the game of backgammon in which one player gammons another, i. e., the winner bears off all of his pieces before his opponent bears off any pieces; as, he won the match with three gammons in a row. [PJC] 3. An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gammon \Gam"mon\, v. t.
1. 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. In certain variants of the game one who gammons an
opponent scores twice the normal value of the game.
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2. To impose on; to hoax; to cajole. [Colloq.] --Hood.
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