Look up: GAFF

1. gaff
   [n] - a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail 2. [n] - an iron hook with a handle
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2. Gaff
   Item used to hook heavy fish when boat fishing. Not really used for North east coast fishing. The exception being the flying Gaff which is used for hooking and pulling heavy fish up cliffs like those at Bempton
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3. Gaff
   A spar in a gaff rig (four sided sails) to which the top side of the sailed is attached.
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4. Gaff
   Gaff noun [ Middle English gaffe , French gaffe an iron hook with which seamen pull great fishes into their ships; confer Ir. gaf , gafa hook; perhaps akin to German gabel fork, Sanskrit gabhasti . Confer G...
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5. Gaff
   Gaff transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Gaffed ; present participle & verbal noun Gaffing .] To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon.
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6. gaff
   1. A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish. ... 2. The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is extended. ... 3. Same as Gaffle. ... Origin: OE. Gaffe, F. Gaffe an iron hook with which seamen pull great fishes into their ships; cf. Ir. Gaf, ga...
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7. gaff
   noun an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish
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8. Gaff
   • (n.) The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is extended. • (v. t.) To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon. • (n.) Same as Gaffle, 1. • (n.) A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.
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9. gaff
   (from the article `fishing`) ...with material for the line led to the use of a gut string (mentioned by the diarist Samuel Pepys in 1667) and of a lute string (noted by Venables ...
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10. Gaff
    Gaff is slang for a place of residence.
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11. Gaff
    Gaff is slang for a place of residence.
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12. Gaff
    A gaff is a spar used in ships to extend the upper edge of fore-and-aft sails which are not set on stays. The fore-end of the gaff, where it embraces the mast, is termed the jaw, the outer end the peak. The jaw forms a semicircle, and is secured in its position by a jaw-rope passing round the mast.
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13. GAFF
    See gimmick.
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14. Gaff
    a free swinging spar attached to the top edge of a sail
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15. Gaff
    In angling, a gaff is a stiff pole with a stout prong or hook attached used for landing large fish.
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16. Gaff
    A gaff is a ring used for cock-fighting.
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17. gaff
    The spar to which the top of a gaff sail is attached. Also a hook used fro landing fish.
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18. Gaff
    Spar which supports the upper side sofa fore-and-aft four-sided sail. Also, long-handed hook to bring fish aboard.
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19. Gaff
    a long, straight, wooden pole with a hook on the end that is used to catch buoys.
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