gam

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. A social visit or friendly interchange, especially between whalers or seafarers.
2. n. A herd of whales or a social congregation of whalers, especially at sea. See Synonyms at flock¹.
3. v. To hold a visit, especially while at sea.
4. v. To visit with.
5. v. To spend (time) talking or visiting.
6. n. Slang A person's leg.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. To herd together or form a school, as whales; crowd together and swim in the same direction.
2. To make a call, exchange visits, have a chat, etc., as fishermen or fishing-vessels.
3. n. A herd or school of whales. Toward the close of a season, when whales are seen in large gams, it is regarded by the whalers as a sign that they will soon leave the grounds.
4. n. Hence A social visit between fishermen; a chat, call, or other exchange of courtesies, as when vessels meet and speak each other, exchange visits, give and take letters aboard, etc.
5. n. A tusk or large tooth.
6. n. A leg.

Wiktionary

1. n. slang A person's leg.
2. n. A collective noun used to refer to a group of whales; a pod.
3. n. by extension A social gathering of whalers or other ships.
4. v. nautical To make a social visit on another ship at sea.
5. n. Ireland alternative spelling of gom. A silly, foolish person.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Naut.) A herd, or school, of whales.
2. n. 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.
3. n. 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.
4. n. slang a leg.
5. v. To gather in a gam; -- said of whales.
6. v. To engage in a gam, or (Local, U. S.) in social intercourse anywhere.
7. v. (Naut.) To have a gam with; to pay a visit to, esp. among whalers at sea.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. a herd of whales