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gablock
gablock Obs. exc. dial. (ˈgæblək) Also 9 gablack, gaflock. [var. of gavelock.] † 1. An artificial metallic spur for a fighting cock. Obs.1688 R. Holme Armoury ii. 252/2 Gablocks are Spurs made of Iron, or Brass, or Silver and are fixed on the Legs of such Cocks as want their natural Spurs, some call...
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gaff
▪ I. gaff, n.1 (gæf) Also 3, 7–9 gaffe. [a. F. gaffe = Sp., Pg. gafa fem., Pr. gaf masc., boat-hook.] 1. a. An iron hook; a staff or stick armed with this. Now only dial.a 1300 Sat. People Kildare iv. in E.E.P. (1862) 153 Hail, seint dominik with þi lang staffe hit is at þe ouir end crokid as a gaff...
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gavelock
gavelock Obs. exc. Hist. and dial. (ˈgævələk) Forms: 1 gafeluc, gaveluc, 2–4 gaveloc, 4–6 gavelok (gaw-), 5 gavilok, gavylok, 6 gaiflok, 6–7 gavelocke, 9 gav'loc(k), gowelock, dial. geavelock (-lick), 4, 7– gavelock. [OE. gafeluc str. masc. has the form of a regular dim. of gafel, ᵹeafel fork (see g...
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gaffle
† ˈgaffle Obs. Also 5 gaffolle, 6–7 gaffel(l, 7 gafel, 8 gafle. [prob. a. Du. gaffel = OE. ᵹeafol, Ger. gabel fork: see gable.] 1. A steel lever for bending the cross-bow.1497 Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 110 Bowes v, Arowes v..Shot of ston for demy curtowes..clij, Gaffolles of iren..ij. 1598 Florio, ...
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