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Entry 4 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Gaff

/(găf)/ · IPA /ɡæf/
01 n. A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.
  1. 1.
    A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.
  2. 2.
    The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is extended.(Naut.)
  3. 3.
    Same as Gaffle, 1. See: Gaffle
02 v. t. To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon.
imp. & p. p. Gaffed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gaffing
  1. 1.
    To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon.