| Summary: | gaff n . . . some of them porpoisses did pay for their so near approaching, for some men waited for them at the beak head, which is the forepart of the ship, with harping irons in their hands, which met with them sometimes, and drew them in, aboard, with the help of the other sailors, which, with iron hooks, which they call _Gaffes_, tied at the end of a long pole, pulled them up. [see 'gaft'] PRINTED ITEM DNE-cit G. M. Story FEB 1973 JH FEB 1973 Used I and Sup Used I and Sup 1 Used I gaft, ~ hook, HAND-GAFF, Gaffes, BAT n, ~ head, ~ point, ~ stem, ~ stick, ~ work, [see 'gaft'] Checked by Kanachi Angadi on Tue 13 Oct 2015. The first four lines of citation on the card is not in DNE.
|
|---|