gam2
[gam]
- a herd or school of whales.
- Eastern New England, Nautical. a social meeting, visit, or the like, as between whaling vessels at sea.
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- (of whales) to assemble into a herd or school.
- Nautical. (of the officers and crews of two whaling vessels) to visit or converse with one another for social purposes.
- Eastern New England. to participate in a gam or social visit.
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Origin of gam2
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There is another little item about Gamming which must not be forgotten here.
Moby Dick; or The WhaleHerman Melville
As soon as we came near enough, "gamming" commenced, for all of us were anxious to know how each other had fared.
The Cruise of the CachalotFrank T. Bullen
gam1
- a school of whales
- nautical an informal visit between crew members of whalers
- NZ a flock of large sea birds
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- (intr) (of whales) to form a school
- nautical (of members of the crews of whalers) to visit (each other) informally
- (tr) US to visit or exchange visits with
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Word Origin
C19: perhaps dialect variant of game 1
gam2
- slang a leg, esp a woman's shapely leg
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Word Origin
C18: probably from Old Northern French gambe or Lingua Franca gambe; see jamb
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Word Origin and History for gamming
gam
n.
"a leg," 1781, see gams.
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