A cut of quick-cured pork leg.
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 middle-aged or older right-wing, reactionary white man, or such men collectively.
To lash with ropes (on a ship).
To cure bacon by salting.
To beat by a gammon (without the opponent bearing off a stone).
A leg.
One of three small wooden posts which together with the bails make the wicket and that the fielding team attempt to hit with the ball.
The remains of something that has been cut off; especially the remains of a tree, the remains of a limb.
An artists’ drawing tool made of rolled paper used to smudge or blend marks made with charcoal, Conté crayon, pencil or other drawing media.
A wooden or concrete pole used to support a house.
The place or occasion at which a campaign takes place; the husting.
A place or occasion at which a person harangues or otherwise addresses a group in a manner suggesting political oration.
A pin in a tumbler lock which forms an obstruction to throwing the bolt except when the gates of the tumblers are properly arranged, as by the key.
A pin or projection in a lock to form a guide for a movable piece.
To stop, confuse, or puzzle.
To get a batsman out stumped.
To bowl down the stumps of (a wicket).
To walk heavily or clumsily, plod, trudge.
To reduce to a stump; to truncate or cut off a part of.
To strike unexpectedly; to stub, as the toe against something fixed.
To travel over (a state, a district, etc.) giving speeches for electioneering purposes.
To baffle; to make unable to find an answer to a question or problem.
To campaign.