Gammon

[It. gambone, from gamba, a leg; Fr. jamb on.] The leg or thigh of a hog, pickled, and smoked or dried; a smoked ham; as, a gammon of bacon. — A game, usually called BACKGAMMON, q. v. - An imposition; a hoax. joyed. The Persian war gave an impulse to the Isth--v. a. To make bacon; to cuae and dry in smoke. mian games, while the Peloponnesian war dimmed their (Naut.) To attach or fix, as a bowsprit, by means of glory. Under the Romans, these games did not lose their rope. withdraw all one's pieces from the board, and thus ending the game, before one's adversary has brought all his pieces into the table at his left, and has consequently had no opportunity to withdraw any pieces from the board. -To impose on a person, by making him believe improbable stories; to humbug; to hoax. Gam/moning,n. The act of imposing upon a person by making him believe absurd stories. ( Naut . ) The lashing by which the bowsprit is secured to the ent-water. importance, but were exhibited with increased celebrity. -To defeat at the game of backgammon, by being able to They were then held every three years, and comprised three leading divisions, - musical, gymnastic, and eques tri an contests. The prize at the Olympic games was merely a chaplet of wild olive. These chaplets, together with branches of palm, which were carried in the hands of the victors, were placed on a tripod in the middle of the course, so as to be seen by all the spectators. At the Isthmian games, the prize was parsley during the mythic periods; in later times, however, the victor was generally crowned with a wreath of pine-leaves, although Jarsley was often employed. The amusements in the Roman circus did not differ materially from those which were celebrated in the games of ancient Greece. The the rio mich i a , or beast-fight, was a favorite species of entertainment among them; and the men employed in this barbarous amusement, in which men fought with wild beasts, were called bestiarii . The combatants were divided into two cla es, those who fought voluntarily for amusement or pay, and who were provided with weapons, and condemned persons, who were generally exposed to the fury of the animals naked, without arms, Gamopetalous, a. [Fr. gamopétale, from Gr. gamos, a wedding, and petal on, a leaf.] ( Bot.) Composed of united petals. Gamop'yllous, a . [Gr. gamos , wedding, and phyllon , a leaf. Formed of united leaves. Gamosep/alous, a . [Gr. gamos, wedding, and Fr. A term applied to the table or scale invented by Guido d'Arezzo, from his having adopted the gamma , or third letter of the Greek alphabet, as a sign for its lowest note, which was one note below the pros lamb a no me nos , or lowest note of the ancients. It consisted of twenty notes, viz., two octaves and a major sixth. In modern music, the term gamut signifies the diatonic scale, and is occasionally applied to the note G below the ba clef. Gam'y, a. Showing fight, or struggling to the last; as, a gamy salmon. ( Cookery .) Having the flavor of game; high-conditioned; kept until nearly tainted; as, a gamy leg of mutton. Gan, imp . of gin , began. (o.) Gananoque', a village of prov. of Ontario, co. of Leeds, on the St. Lawrence River, about 18 miles N.E. of Kingston.