List of synonyms from "gab" to synonyms from "gag"
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Definition of the day : « gaff »
- As in lapse : noun mistake
- As in arrest : noun taking into custody
- As in slip : noun error, goof
- As in apparatus : noun equipment with a purpose
- As in arrest : verb take into authorized custody
- A mainsail carried by a gaff has two halyards, the throat and peak.
- Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
- In an hour and five minutes I brought him to gaff—a small fish.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- When Dan lunged with the gaff the tuna made a tremendous splash that deluged us.
- Extract from : « Tales of Fishes » by Zane Grey
- Billy,” the skipper ordered, “get forward with a gaff and keep him off.
- Extract from : « Billy Topsail & Company » by Norman Duncan
- Used aboard yachts for bending on the gaff topsail halliards.
- Extract from : « Boy Scouts Handbook » by Boy Scouts of America
- I'll take the gaff rather than have it said about me that I've lain down on a job.
- Extract from : « The Best Short Stories of 1920 » by Various
- The captain got his glass, and climbed up to the gaff of the foresail.
- Extract from : « Left on Labrador » by Charles Asbury Stephens
- Only the whole sail, gaff, boom and all, was not very large.
- Extract from : « Six Little Bunkers at Uncle Fred's » by Laura Lee Hope
- But like all so-called ladders, they could not stand the gaff.
- Extract from : « Watch Yourself Go By » by Al. G. Field
- What flags are these that dumbly droop from the gaff o' the mainmast tall?
- Extract from : « Golden Stars » by Henry Van Dyke