I.
n.
1.
Imposition, hoax, humbug.
See cheat,
n.
2.
Smoked ham, ham of bacon.
II.
v. a.
1.
Deceive, cheat, humbug, hoax, chouse, trick, dupe, gull, cozen, overreach, outwit, bamboozle, circumvent, delude, beguile, mislead, inveigle, impose upon.
2.
Cure and smoke, convert into bacon.
3.
(Naut.) Lash (the bowsprit to the stem).