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gammoning

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At each turn the gammoning hawser is hove taut, while every effort is used to bring the bowsprit down into its place.

A heavy boat is sometimes suspended from the end, the weight of which greatly assists the gammoning process.

Now galvanized chain is more commonly used than rope for gammoning.

Gammoning lashing, fashion, &c., has a peculiar seamanlike meaning.

They're on the make themselves; they want to get where we are; gammoning the common run helps towards that.

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On this page you'll find 26 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to gammoning, such as: bamboozle, bluff, chicane, con, deceive, and delude.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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