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Shandygaff :: Shandygaff (n.) A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.

Gaffle :: Gaffle (n.) A lever to bend crossbows.

Gablock :: Gablock (n.) A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock..

Throat :: Throat (n.) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.

Ringtail :: Ringtail (n.) A light sail set abaft and beyong the leech of a boom-and-gaff sail; -- called also ringsail.

Spanker :: Spanker (n.) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See Illust. under Sail..

Jaw :: "Jaw (n.) The inner end of a boom or gaff, hollowed in a half circle so as to move freely on a mast..

Heel :: Heel (v. t.) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting..

Giffgaff :: Giffgaff (n.) Mutial accommodation; mutual giving.

Gaff :: Gaff (n.) A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish..

Trysail :: Trysail (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer..

Sloop :: Sloop (n.) A vessel having one mast and fore-and-aft rig, consisting of a boom-and-gaff mainsail, jibs, staysail, and gaff topsail. The typical sloop has a fixed bowsprit, topmast, and standing rigging, while those of a cutter are capable of being readily shifted. The sloop usually carries a centerboard, and depends for stability upon breadth of beam rather than depth of keel. The two types have rapidly approximated since 1880. One radical distinction is that a slop may carry a centerboard. See

Gaffer :: Gaffer (n.) A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers.

Gaffle :: Gaffle (n.) An artificial spur or gaff for gamecocks.

Throat :: Throat (n.) The upper fore corner of a boom-and-gaff sail, or of a staysail..

Gaff-topsail :: Gaff-topsail (n.) A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast.

Lacing :: Lacing (n.) A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc..

Driver :: Driver (n.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker..

Foresail :: Foresail (n.) The gaff sail set on the foremast of a schooner.

Gaffer :: Gaffer (n.) An old fellow; an aged rustic.

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