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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gaff \Gaff\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Gaffed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Gaffing}.] To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Gaff \Gaff\ (g[a^]f), noun [OE. gaffe, F. gaffe an iron hook with which seamen pull great fishes into their ships; cf. Ir. gaf, gafa hook; perh. akin to G. gabel fork, Skr. gabhasti. Cf. {Gaffle}, {Gable}.]
1. A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen in securing heavy fish.
2. (Naut.) The spar upon which the upper edge of a fore-and-aft sail is extended.
3. Same as {Gaffle},
1. --Wright.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
gaff
noun
1: a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail
2: an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish
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