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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gam \Gam\ (g[a^]m), n. [Orig. uncert., perh. from gammon, talk.]
     1. (Naut.) A herd, or school, of whales.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     2. A visit between whalers at sea; a holding of social
        intercourse between those on different vessels at sea, or


        (Local U. S.) between persons ashore.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. A visit between whalers at sea; a holding of social
        intercourse between those on different vessels at sea, or
        (Local U. S.) between persons ashore.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gam \Gam\ (g[a^]m), n. [fr. gamba leg.]
     a leg. [slang]
     [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gam \Gam\ (g[a^]m), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Gammed}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Gam"ming}.] (Naut.)
     (a) To gather in a gam; -- said of whales.
     (b) To engage in a gam, or (Local, U. S.) in social
         intercourse anywhere.
         [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gam \Gam\ (g[a^]m), v. t. (Naut.)
     To have a gam with; to pay a visit to, esp. among whalers at
     sea.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  62 Moby Thesaurus words for "gam":
     ankle, army, bayonet legs, be closeted with, bowlegs, bunch, calf,
     causerie, chat, cnemis, colony, coze, cozy chat, drift, drive,
     drove, drumstick, flock, foreleg, friendly chat, gamb, gambrel,
     gang, gigot, gossip, ham, heart-to-heart talk, herd, hind leg,
     hock, host, jamb, kennel, knee, leg, limb, litter, little talk,
     make conversation, pack, pod, podite, popliteal space, prattle,
     pride, prittle-prattle, school, scissor-legs, shank, shin, shoal,
     skulk, sloth, stems, stumps, tarsus, tete-a-tete, tittle-tattle,
     trip, troop, trotters, visit
  
  

















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