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Pronunciation : Gam"mon
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [OF. gambon, F. jambon, fr. OF. gambe leg, F. jambe. See Gambol, n., and cf. Ham.]
Definition : Defn: The buttock or tight of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch. Goldsmith.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Gam"mon
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : Defn: To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.

t. [imp. & p. p. Gameed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gameing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Gam"mon
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [See 2d Game.]
Definition : 1. Backgammon.

2. An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloq.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Gam"mon
Part of Speech : v.
Definition : 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.

2. To impose on; to hoax; to cajole. [Colloq.] Hood.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Gam"mon
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Etymol. unknown.] (Naut.)
Definition : Defn: To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron. Totten.

t.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

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