gammon vs snout

gammon

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

  • Backgammon (the game itself). 

  • 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. 

verb
  • To lash with ropes (on a ship). 

  • To cure bacon by salting. 

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

snout

noun
  • The front of the prow of a ship or boat. 

  • The anterior prolongation of the head of a gastropod; a rostrum. 

  • The nozzle of a pipe, hose, etc. 

  • The long, projecting nose, mouth, and jaw of a beast, as of pigs. 

  • Tobacco; cigarettes. 

  • The terminus of a glacier. 

  • A butterfly in the nymphalid subfamily Libytheinae, notable for the snout-like elongation on their heads. 

  • A person's nose. 

  • A police informer. 

  • The anterior prolongation of the head of weevils and allied beetles; a rostrum. 

verb
  • To furnish with a nozzle or point. 

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