EGAVE

gaffle

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Meaning

  1. noun A lever used to bend a crossbow.
  2. noun A steel spur attached to a gamecock (sometimes used figuratively).
  3. noun A portable fork of iron or wood in which the heavy musket formerly in use was rested that it might be accurately aimed and fired.
  4. noun a fork in an orienteering race.
  5. verb To equip with a gaffle or similar weapon.
  6. verb to include a gaffle in an orienteering race.
  7. verb To grab or seize
  8. verb To get hold of, to find.

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