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Dictionary of Phrase and Fable—G

Gaff

(g hard). Crooked as a gaff. A gaff is an iron hook at the end of a short pole, used for landing salmon, etc. The metal spurs of fighting-cocks. In nautical language, a spar to which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is bent. (Dana: Seaman's Manual, p. 97.) (Irish, gaf; Spanish and Portuguese, gafa.)

Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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