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2. To impose on; to hoax; to cajole.
[Colloq.] Hood.

Gam"mon, v. t. [Etymol. unknown.]
(Naut.) To fasten (a bowsprit) to the stem of a vessel by
lashings of rope or chain, or by a band of iron.
Totten.

Gam"mon*ing, n. [From 5th
Gammon.] (Naut.) The lashing or iron band by which
the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the
lifting action of the forestays.

Gammoning fashion, in the style of gammoning
lashing, that is, having the turns of rope crossed. --
Gammoning hole (Naut.), a hole cut
through the knee of the head of a vessel for the purpose of gammoning
the bowsprit.

Gam"mon*ing, n. [From 4th
Gammon.] The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a
person. [Colloq.]

||Gam`o*gen"e*sis (?), n. [Gr. &?;
marriage + E. genesis.] (Biol.) The production of
offspring by the union of parents of different sexes; sexual
reproduction; -- the opposite of agamogenesis.


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