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Peak :: Peak (v. t.) To raise to a position perpendicular, or more nearly so; as, to peak oars, to hold them upright; to peak a gaff or yard, to set it nearer the perpendicular..

Gaffer :: Gaffer (n.) A foreman or overseer of a gang of laborers.

Horn :: Horn (n.) The outer end of a crosstree; also, one of the projections forming the jaws of a gaff, boom, etc..

Gablock :: Gablock (n.) A false spur or gaff, fitted on the heel of a gamecock..

Lacing :: Lacing (n.) A rope or line passing through eyelet holes in the edge of a sail or an awning to attach it to a yard, gaff, etc..

Gammer :: Gammer (n.) An old wife; an old woman; -- correlative of gaffer, an old man..

Giffgaff :: Giffgaff (n.) Mutial accommodation; mutual giving.

Throat :: Throat (n.) That end of a gaff which is next the mast.

Gaff :: Gaff (n.) A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish..

Shandygaff :: Shandygaff (n.) A mixture of strong beer and ginger beer.

Driver :: Driver (n.) The after sail in a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a gaff; a spanker..

Gaffle :: Gaffle (n.) An artificial spur or gaff for gamecocks.

Gaff-topsail :: Gaff-topsail (n.) A small triangular sail having its foot extended upon the gaff and its luff upon the topmast.

Gaff :: Gaff (v. t.) To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon..

Gaffing :: Gaffing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gaf.

Vang :: Vang (n.) A rope to steady the peak of a gaff.

Trysail :: Trysail (n.) A fore-and-aft sail, bent to a gaff, and hoisted on a lower mast or on a small mast, called the trysail mast, close abaft a lower mast; -- used chiefly as a storm sail. Called also spencer..

Heel :: Heel (v. t.) To arm with a gaff, as a cock for fighting..

Catboat :: Catboat (n.) A small sailboat, with a single mast placed as far forward as possible, carring a sail extended by a gaff and long boom. See Illustration in Appendix..

Spanker :: Spanker (n.) The after sail of a ship or bark, being a fore-and-aft sail attached to a boom and gaff; -- sometimes called driver. See Illust. under Sail..

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