Definition of gammon

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Gammon (n.) The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch..

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Hit :: Hit (n.) A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
Gammoning :: Gammoning (n.) 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.
Table :: Table (n.) One of the divisions of a backgammon board; as, to play into the right-hand table..
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
Table :: Table (n.) The games of backgammon and of draughts.
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron..
Gammon :: Gammon (n.) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
Tricktrack :: Tricktrack (n.) An old game resembling backgammon.
Gammon :: Gammon (n.) Backgammon.
Gammoning :: Gammoning (n.) The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person.
Parchesi :: Parchesi (n.) A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India..
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) 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..
Gammoning :: Gammoning (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gammo.
Table :: Table (n.) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.
Point :: Point (n.) One of the spaces on a backgammon board.
Ticktack :: Ticktack (n.) A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.
Doublet :: Doublet (a.) A game somewhat like backgammon.
Backgammon :: Backgammon (v. i.) In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first table..
Board :: Board (n.) A square or oblong piece of thin wood or other material used for some special purpose, as, a molding board; a board or surface painted or arranged for a game; as, a chessboard; a backgammon board..
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To impose on; to hoax; to cajole.
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