To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).
To lash with ropes (on a ship).
To cure bacon by salting.
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.
To strike and fly off in an oblique direction; to dart aside.
To look briefly (at something).
To move quickly, appearing and disappearing rapidly; to be visible only for an instant at a time; to move interruptedly; to twinkle.
A type of interaction between parent fish and offspring in which juveniles swim toward and rapidly touch the sides of the parent, in most cases feeding on parental mucus. Relatively few species glance, mainly some Cichlidae.
To sparkle.
To make an incidental or passing reflection; to allude; to hint; often with at.
To hit lightly with the head, make a deft header.
To graze at a surface.
An incidental or passing thought or allusion.
Any of various sulphides, mostly dark-coloured, which have a brilliant metallic lustre.
A brief or cursory look.
A stroke in which the ball is deflected to one side.
A deflection.
Glance coal.
A sudden flash of light or splendour.