I . n.
1.
Imposition, hoax, humbug. See cheat , n .
2.
Smoked ham, ham of bacon.
II . v. a.
1.
Deceive, cheat, humbug, hoax, chouse, trick, dupe, gull, cozen, overreach, outwit, bamboozle, circumvent, delude, beguile, mislead, inveigle, impose upon.
2.
Cure and smoke, convert into bacon.
3.
( Naut. ) Lash ( the bowsprit to the stem ).