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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.
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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.
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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.
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Gammon \Gam"mon\ (g[a^]m"m[u^]n), n. [See 2d {Game}.]
1. Backgammon.
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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.
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3. An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloq.]
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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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