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   gaff

   /ɡaf/

   noun

   • 1. a stick with a hook or barbed spear, for landing large fish.
   • 2. a spar to which the head of a fore-and-aft sail is bent: "a gaff-rigged cutter"

   verb

   • 1. seize or impale with a gaff: "the whales are gaffed, speared, or knifed to death"

   Word Origin Middle English: from Provençal gaf ‘hook’; related to gaffe.

   Scrabble Points: 11

   • G

     2

   • A

     1

   • F

     4

   • F

     4

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