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To gather in a gam; -- said of whales.

A species of grass (Tripsacum dactyloides) tall, stout, and exceedingly productive; cultivated in the West Indies, Mexico, and the Southern States of North America as a forage grass; -- called also sesame grass.

High boots or buskins; in Scotland, short spatterdashes or riding trousers, worn over the other clothing.

A viola da gamba.

Same as Gamashes. His thin legs tenanted a pair of gambadoes fastened at the side with rusty clasps. Sir W. Scott.

To gaff, as mackerel.

Same as Gambison.

Any bird of the genuis Totanus. See Tattler.

The inspissated juice of a plant (Uncaria Gambir) growing in Malacca. It is a powerful astringent, and, under the name of Terra Japonica, is used for chewing with the Areca nut, and is exported for tanning and dyeing.

A defensive garment formerly in use for the body, made of cloth stuffed and quilted.

A performer upon the viola di gamba. See under Viola.

A mode of opening the game, in which a pawn is sacrificed to gain an attacking position.

To play or game for money or other stake.

One who gambles.

A concrete juice, or gum resin, produced by several species of trees in Siam, Ceylon, and Malabar. It is brought in masses, or cylindrical rolls, from Cambodia, or Cambogia, -- whence its name. The best kind is of a dense, compact texture, and of a beatiful reddish yellow. Taking internally, it is a strong and harsh ca…

Pertaining to, resembling, or containing, gamboge.

A skipping or leaping about in frolic; a hop; a sportive prank. Dryden.

k crooked like a horse's hind leg; -- used by butchers in suspending slaughtered animals. Gambrel roof (Arch.), a curb roof having the same section in all parts, with a lower steeper slope and an upper and flatter one, so that each gable is pentagonal in form.

A kind of twilled linen cloth for lining. Simmonds.

Crooked; lame; as, a game leg. [Colloq.]