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gammoning
gammoning, vbl. n. Naut. (ˈgæmənɪŋ) [f. gammon v.3 + -ing1.] The lashing of ropes by which the bowsprit is made fast to the stem or cutwater.1833 M. Scott Tom Cringle iii, The Negro threw himself on the Gammoning of the bowsprit. 1853 Kane Grinnell Exp. xxxii. (1856) 280 Her bowsprit..is now complet... Oxford English Dictionary
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gammon
▪ I. gammon, n.1 (ˈgæmən) Forms: 5–6 gambon(e, 6 gammound, gamond(e, (Sc. gawmond), 6–7 gammond, gamon, 9 Sc. gammont, 6– gammon. [a. ONF. gambon (mod.F. jambon) ham, f. gambe (mod.F. jambe) leg.] † 1. The ham or haunch of a swine. Also transf.1486 Bk. St. Albans, F ii b, The peestellis and the gamb... Oxford English Dictionary
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Thomas Ussher
Redwing had her foremast crippled by two 24-pounder shot, another passed through her mainmast, and the gammoning of her bowsprit was shot through. wikipedia.org
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Zimbabwean English
Still used by some people to mean joking generally as in gammoning. wikipedia.org
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paunch
▪ I. paunch, n.1 (pɔːn(t)ʃ, pɑːn(t)ʃ) Forms: 4–6 panche, paunche, 4–8 panch, (5 pawnche, pownche), 6– paunch. Also Sc. and north. dial. 6 penche, painche, 8–9 pench, 9 pensch, painch. [ME. a. ONF. panche = OF. pance, now panse = Pr. pansa, Cat. panxa, Sp. panza, Pg. pan{cced}a, It. pancia:—Com. Rom.... Oxford English Dictionary
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Penobscot Expedition
addition his flagship, the Continental frigate Warren, suffered considerable damage during the engagement with hits to the warship's mainmast, forestay and gammoning wikipedia.org
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query
▪ I. query, n.1 (ˈkwɪərɪ) Also 7 queree, quæree, 7–8 quæry. [Anglicizing of quere, quære.] 1. Introducing a question: = quære 1. Now rarely written in full, being usually expressed by the abbreviation qy. (qr., qu.) or the sign ?.1667 Pepys Diary 23 Aug., Query, whether a glass-coach would have perm... Oxford English Dictionary
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cleat
▪ I. cleat, n. (kliːt) Also 4 cleete, 5–6 clete, (5 clyte, clote), 7 cleit, 8–9 cleet; 7, 9 (dial.) clate. [This, although evidenced only from 14th c., clearly goes back to an OE. *cléat:—WGer. *klaut, OSax. type *klôt, MDu. cloot, Du. kloot ball, OHG. chloȥ, MHG. klôȥ lump, clump, ball, pommel of s... Oxford English Dictionary
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Burke and Wills expedition
Gray was ill, but Burke thought he was "gammoning" (pretending). wikipedia.org
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chain
▪ I. chain, n. (tʃeɪn) Forms: (4 keigne), 4–6 cheyne, chayn(e, 5–7 chaine, 6– chain, (occas. 4 cheine, cheingne, 4–5 cheigne, 6 cheynne); north. and Sc. 4–5 chenye, 4–6 cheny, 4–7 chenyie, 5–6 chenȝei, 7 cheinȝie, 9 dial. chain-, chenzie; 4–5 and 9 dial. chyne, chine, 5 schene, 6 schyne, chene, chea... Oxford English Dictionary
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