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 move with a lever; to force up or open; to prise or pry.
To consider highly valuable; to esteem.
That which is taken from another; something captured; a thing seized by force, stratagem, or superior power.
Anything worth striving for; a valuable possession held or in prospect.
A lever; a pry; also, the hold of a lever.
An honour or reward striven for in a competitive contest; anything offered to be competed for, or as an inducement to, or reward of, effort.
Anything captured by a belligerent using the rights of war; especially, property captured at sea in virtue of the rights of war, as a vessel.
That which may be won by chance, as in a lottery.
Having won a prize; award-winning.
First-rate; exceptional.