gammation

[GAMMADION.] *gamme, s. [GAMMA.] fate, făt, färe, amidst, what, fall, or. wöre, wolf, work, whô, sốn; 1968 găm-mēr, *găm-mar, s. [A corrupt. of gram- mer , itself a corrupt. of grandmother (q. v.); cf. gaffer.] An old wife; an old lady. "Old gammer Gurton, a right pleasant dame." Drayton: The Moon-calf. găm-môn (1), *gam-on, *gam-bone, s. [O. Fr. gamb on ( Fr.jamb on ), from gambe a leg, from Lat. buttock or thigh of a hog salted and dried; the gamba a joint of the leg; Italian gambone .] The lower end of a flitch. "Gammons of the tusky boar, And savory haunch of deer." Scott: Marmion, iii. 3. găm -môn (2), s. [The same as Mid. Eng. gamen =game, play.] I. Literally : IMG:content-0309.png:[blocks in formation] "If a gammon is won, the players throw for first play." -London Field . gang a leaf, and Eng., ., suff.- ous.] găm-oph-1-lous, a. [Pref. gamo-; Gr. phyllon Bot.: Composed of leaves united by their edges. găm-ō-sep-a-lous, a. [Pref. gamo-; Eng. sepal (q. v.), and Eng., ., suff.- ous.] Bot.: Having but one sepal, composed however theoretically of as many sepals as the one has divisions. [MONOPETALOUS.]