Gammadion
(Gam*ma"di*on) n. A cross formed of four capital gammas, formerly used as a mysterious
ornament on ecclesiastical vestments, etc. See Fylfot.
Gammer
(Gam"mer) n. [Possibly contr. fr. godmother; but prob. fr. grammer for grandmother. Cf.
Gaffer.] An old wife; an old woman; — correlative of gaffer, an old man.
Gammon
(Gam"mon) n. [OF. gambon, F. jambon, fr. OF. gambe leg, F. jambe. See Gambol, n.,
and cf. Ham.] The buttock or thigh of a hog, salted and smoked or dried; the lower end of a flitch.
Goldsmith.
Gammon
(Gam"mon), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gammoned (-mund); p. pr. & vb. n. Gammoning.] To
make bacon of; to salt and dry in smoke.
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Gammon
(Gam"mon), n. [See 2d Game.]
1. Backgammon.
2. An imposition or hoax; humbug. [Colloq.]
Gammon
(Gam"mon), v. t.
1. 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.
2. To impose on; to hoax; to cajole. [Colloq.] Hood.
Gammon
(Gam"mon), v. t. [Etymol. unknown.] (Naut.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel
by lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron. Totten.
Gammoning
(Gam"mon*ing), n. [From 5th Gammon.] (Naut.) 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.
Gammoning fashion, in the style of gammoning lashing, that is, having the turns of rope crossed. —
Gammoning hole (Naut.), a hole cut through the knee of the head of a vessel for the purpose of
gammoning the bowsprit.
Gammoning
(Gam"mon*ing), n. [From 4th Gammon.] The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person.
[Colloq.]
Gamogenesis
(||Gam`o*gen"e*sis) n. [Gr. marriage + E. genesis.] (Biol.) The production of offspring
by the union of parents of different sexes; sexual reproduction; — the opposite of agamogenesis.
Gamogenetic
(Gam`o*ge*net"ic) a. (Biol.) Relating to gamogenesis. — Gam`o*ge*net"ic*al*ly, adv.
Gamomorphism
(Gam`o*mor"phism) n. [Gr. marriage + form, shape.] (Biol.) That stage of growth or
development in an organism, in which the reproductive elements are generated and matured in preparation
for propagating the species.
Gamopetalous
(Gam`o*pet"al*ous) a. [Gr. marriage + E. petalous: cf. F. gamopétale.] (Bot.) Having
the petals united or joined so as to form a tube or cup; monopetalous.
Gamophyllous
(Ga*moph"yl*lous) a. [Gr. marriage + leaf.] (Bot.) Composed of leaves united by their
edges Gray.
Gamosepalous
(Gam`o*sep"al*ous) a. [Gr. marriage + E. sepal.] (Bot.) Formed of united sepals; monosepalous.
