best vs gammon

best

verb
  • To beat in a contest. 

  • Had best. 

  • To surpass in skill or achievement. 

noun
  • The person (or persons; or thing or things) that is (are) most excellent. 

  • The supreme effort one can make, or has made. 

  • One's best behavior. 

adv
  • To the most advantage; with the most success, cause, profit, benefit, or propriety. 

adj
  • Most; largest. 

  • Most superior; most favorable. 

gammon

verb
  • To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone). 

  • To lash with ropes (on a ship). 

  • To cure bacon by salting. 

noun
  • Backgammon (the game itself). 

  • A rope fastening a bowsprit to the stem of a ship (usually called a gammoning). 

  • A victory in backgammon achieved when the opponent has not borne off a single stone. 

  • A cut of quick-cured pork leg. 

  • A middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively. 

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