† ˈgammot Obs. rare.
[var. gamut (cf. It. ‘gamaut, a note in Musike, also the name of a Barbers toole’ (Florio).
The instrument, also called gamma, received its name from its resemblance in shape to the letter Γ, the symbol of the musical note gamma ut.]
(See quot.)
| 1585 Higins tr. Junius' Nomenclator 263 Scolopomachærium..an instrument seruing to cut out the rootes of vlcers or sores: it is called the incision knife, or gammot. 1656 in Blount Glossogr. 1721–92 in Bailey. |