To lash with ropes (on a ship).
To cure bacon by salting.
To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).
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 execute (someone) with a guillotine.
To end (a legislative debate) by invoking cloture.
To cut or trim (a body part, a stack of paper, etc.) with a guillotine.
To end discussion (about a parliamentary bill or part of one) by invoking a guillotine procedure.
A device used for cutting the pages of books, stacks of paper, etc., to straight edges, usually by means of a hinged or sliding blade attached to a flat platform.
A legislative motion that debate be ended and a vote taken; a cloture.
A parliamentary procedure for fixing the dates when various stages of discussion of a bill must end, to ensure that the enactment of the bill proceeds expeditiously.
An instrument with a sliding blade for cutting the tonsils, uvula, or other body parts.
A machine used for the application of capital punishment by decapitation, consisting of a tall upright frame from which is suspended a heavy diagonal-edged blade which is dropped onto the neck of the person to be executed; also, execution using this machine.