GAFF
\ɡˈaf], \ɡˈaf], \ɡ_ˈa_f]\
Definitions of GAFF
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
- 1790 - A Complete Dictionary of the English Language
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By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.
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The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is extended.
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Same as Gaffle, 1.
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To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon.
By Oddity Software
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A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.
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The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is extended.
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Same as Gaffle, 1.
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To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon.
By Noah Webster.
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A large hook for landing salmon, etc.; a piece of wood upon which to extend the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail.
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To seize or land, as a fish with a large hook.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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A boat-hook or fishing-spear: a kind of boom or yard.
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In angling, to strike or secure by means of a gaff-hook, as a salmon.
By Daniel Lyons
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Spar at the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail; steel blade fixed on the spurs of cocks for fighting.
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
By James Champlin Fernald
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