Part 4698

<hw>Gam"in</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[F.]</ety> <def>A neglected and untrained city boy; a young street Arab.</def>

<blockquote>In Japan, the <b>gamins</b> run after you, and say, 'Look at the Chinaman.' <i>L. Oliphant.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gaming</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gam"ing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act or practice of playing games for stakes or wagers; gambling.</def>

<h1>Gamma</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gam"ma</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The third letter (<?/, <?/ = Eng. <i>G</i>) of the Greek alphabet.</def>

<h1>Gammadion</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gam*ma"di*on</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A cross formed of four capital gammas, formerly used as a mysterious ornament on ecclesiastical vestments, etc. See <er>Fylfot</er>.</def>

<h1>Gammer</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gam"mer</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Possibly contr. fr. <ets>godmother</ets>; but prob. fr. <ets>grammer</ets> for <ets>grandmother</ets>. Cf. <er>Gaffer</er>.]</ety> <def>An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of <i>gaffer</i>, an old man.</def>

<h1>Gammon</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gam"mon</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[OF. <ets>gambon</ets>, F. <ets>jambon</ets>, fr. OF. <ets>gambe</ets> leg, F. <ets>jambe</ets>. See <er>Gambol</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, and cf. <er>Ham</er>.]</ety> <def>The buttock or tight of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch.</def>

<i>Goldsmith.</i>

<h1>Gammon</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gam"mon</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gameed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gameing</er>.]</wordforms> <def>To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.</def>

<h1>Gammon</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gam"mon</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See 2d <er>Game</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Backgammon.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>An imposition or hoax; humbug.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<h1>Gammon</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gam"mon</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>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>as, to <ex>gammon</ex> a person</as>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To impose on; to hoax; to cajole.</def> <mark>[Colloq.]</mark>

<i>Hood.</i>

<h1>Gammon</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gam"mon</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Etymol. unknown.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron.</def>

<i>Totten.</i>

<h1>Gammoning</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gam"mon*ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[From 5th <er>Gammon</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>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.</def>

<cs><col>Gammoning fashion</col>, <cd>in the style of gammoning lashing, that is, having the turns of rope crossed.</cd> -- <col>Gammoning hole</col> <fld>(Naut.)</fld>, <cd>a hole cut through the knee of the head of a vessel for the purpose of gammoning the bowsprit.</cd></cs>