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.)
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