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 cut, originally with a sword or other bladed weapon, now usually with shears, or as if using shears.
To deform because of forces pushing in opposite directions.
To make a vertical cut in coal.
To transform by displacing every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
To remove the fleece from a sheep etc. by clipping.
To cut the hair of (a person).
To deprive of property; to fleece.
To reap, as grain.
To change in direction or speed.
A large machine use for cutting sheet metal.
The act of shearing, or something removed by shearing.
Wind shear, or an instance thereof.
A transformation that displaces every point in a direction parallel to some given line by a distance proportional to the point’s distance from the line.
The response of a rock to deformation usually by compressive stress, resulting in particular textures.
A cutting tool similar to scissors, but often larger.
Forces that push in opposite directions.