Definition of gammon

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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..

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Gammoning :: Gammoning (n.) The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person.
Gammoned :: Gammoned (imp. & p. p.) of Gammo.
Gammon :: Gammon (n.) An imposition or hoax; humbug.
Hit :: Hit (n.) A game won at backgammon after the adversary has removed some of his men. It counts less than a gammon.
Parchesi :: Parchesi (n.) A game, somewhat resembling backgammon, originating in India..
Backgammon :: Backgammon (n.) A game of chance and skill, played by two persons on a board marked off into twenty-four spaces called points. Each player has fifteen pieces, or men, the movements of which from point to point are determined by throwing dice. Formerly called tables..
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.
Backgammon :: Backgammon (v. i.) In the game of backgammon, to beat by ending the game before the loser is clear of his first table..
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To impose on; to hoax; to cajole.
Doublet :: Doublet (a.) A game somewhat like backgammon.
Gammon :: Gammon (n.) The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch..
Irish :: Irish (n. sing. & pl.) An old game resembling backgammon.
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 (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..
Table :: Table (n.) The games of backgammon and of draughts.
Gammon :: Gammon (n.) Backgammon.
Point :: Point (n.) One of the spaces on a backgammon board.
Gammon :: Gammon (v. t.) To make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
Ticktack :: Ticktack (n.) A kind of backgammon played both with men and pegs; tricktrack.
Table :: Table (n.) The board on the opposite sides of which backgammon and draughts are played.
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