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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Gaff \Gaff\, n. [OE. gaffe, F. gaffe an iron hook with which
     seamen pull great fishes into their ships; cf. Ir. gaf, gafa
     hook; perh. akin to G. gabel fork, Skr. gabhasti. Cf.
     {Gaffle}, {Gable}.]
     1. A barbed spear or a hook with a handle, used by fishermen
        in securing heavy fish.
  
     2. (Naut.) The spar upon which the upper edge of a
        fore-and-aft sail is extended.
  
     3. Same as {Gaffle}, 1. --Wright.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:

  Gaff \Gaff\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gaffed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
     {Gaffing}.]
     To strike with a gaff or barbed spear; to secure by means of
     a gaff; as, to gaff a salmon.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gaff
       n 1: a spar rising aft from a mast to support the head of a
            quadrilateral fore-and-aft sail
       2: an iron hook with a handle; used for landing large fish

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