γομφόω

A. fasten with bolts or nails, esp. of ships, ἴκρια γομφώσαντες Nonn. D. 40.447:—mostly in Pass., γεγόμφωται σκάφος the ship's hull is ready built, A. Supp. 440, cf.Ar. Eq. 463, AP 11.248 (Bianor).

II. metaph., curdle, γάλα λευκὸν ἐγόμφωσεν Emp. 33.