the barb of a fishing-hook. Derb.
An archaic sea-term for running aground. ...
The Sailor's Word-Book
·noun To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage. II. Gain ·vt The obtaining or amassing o...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
convenient, cheap; that field lies gain for me ; I bought that horse pretty gain. Norf. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
to go cross a field the nearest way, to meet with something. S. ...
the barb of a fishing-hook. Derb. ...
To arrive on the weather-side of some other vessel in sight, when both are plying to windward. ...