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Gammon
·noun An imposition or hoax; humbug. II. Gammon ·noun <<Backgammon>>. III. Gammon ·vt To make baco...

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gammon
Humbug; deceit; lies. Any assertion which is not strictly true, or, professions believed to be insin...

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Shackle
·noun <<Stubble>>. II. Shackle ·vt To join by a link or chain, as railroad cars. III. Shackle ·nou...

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shackle
stubble. Herefordsh. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
shackle
[from the Anglo-Saxon sceacul]. A span with two eyes and a bolt, attached to open links in a chain-c...

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gammon, to
To pass the lashings of the bowsprit. ...

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gammon-knee
A knee-timber fayed and bolted to the stem, a little below the bowsprit. ...

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gammon-plate
An iron plate bolted to the stem of some vessels for the purpose of supporting the gammoning of the ...

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anchor-shackle
An open link of iron which connects the chain with the anchor a "Jew's-harp" shackle. ...

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shackle-breeching
Two shackles are turned into the breeching, by which it is instantly disconnected from the port-ring...

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shackle-crow
A bar of iron slightly bent at one end like the common crow, but with a shackle instead of a claw at...

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shackle-net
The northern term for flue-net. ...

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slip-shackle
A shackle with a lever-bolt, for letting go suddenly; yet, when ringed, is sufficient to secure the ...

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span-shackle
A large bolt running through the forecastle and spar-deck beams, and forelocked before each beam, wi...

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back gammon player
A sodomite. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose