Bible Dictionaries
Ammoning

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The lashing or iron band by which the bowsprit of a vessel is secured to the stem to opposite the lifting action of the forestays.

(2):

(n.) The act of imposing upon or hoaxing a person.

(3):

(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Gammon

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Ammoning'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/ammoning.html. 1828.