GAMMON


Meaning of GAMMON in English

1. n. & v.

--n.

1. the bottom piece of a flitch of bacon including a hind leg.

2 the ham of a pig cured like bacon.

--v.tr. cure (bacon).

Etymology: ONF gambon f. gambe leg: cf. JAMB 2. n. & v.

--n. a kind of victory scoring two games at backgammon.

--v.tr. defeat in this way.

Etymology: app. ME gamen GAME(1) 3. n. & v. colloq.

--n. humbug, deception.

--v.

1. intr. a talk speciously. b pretend.

2 tr. hoax, deceive.

Etymology: 18th c.: orig. uncert.

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.