Webster's Dictionary 1828

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GARTH

GARTH, noun1. A dam or wear for catching fish.2. A close; a little backside; a yard; a croft; a garden. [Not used.]

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GAS

GAS, nounIn chimistry, a permanently elastic aeriform fluid, or a substance reduced to the state of an aeriform fluid by its permanent combination with caloric.GASes are invisib...

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GASCON

GAS'CON, noun A native of Gascony in France.

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GASCONADE

GAS'CONADE, noun A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging.GASCONA'DE, verb intransitive To boast; to brag; to vaunt; to bluster.

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GASEOUS

GAS'EOUS, adjective In the form of gas or an aeriform fluid.

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GASH

GASH, noun [I know not through what channel we have received this word. It may be allied to chisel.]A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length, particularly in fles...

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GASHED

GASH'ED, participle passive Cut with a long, deep incision.

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GASHFUL

GASH'FUL, adjective Full of gashes; hideous.

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GASHING

GASH'ING, participle present tense Cutting long, deep incision.

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GASIFICATION

GASIFICA'TION, noun [See Gasify.] The act or process of converting into gas.

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GASIFIED

GAS'IFIED, participle passive Converted into an aeriform fluid.

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GASIFY

GAS'IFY, verb transitive [gas and Latin facio, to make.] To convert into gas or an aeriform fluid by combination with caloric.

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GASIFYING

GAS'IFYING, participle present tense Converting into gas.

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GASKET

GAS'KET, noun A plaited cord fastened to the sail-yard of a ship, and used to furl or tie the sail to the yard.

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GASKINS

GAS'KINS, nounplural Galligaskins; wide open hose. [See Galligaskins.]

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GASLIGHT

GAS'LIGHT, noun Light produced by the combustion of carbureted hydrogen gas. Gaslights are now substituted for oil lights, in illuminating streets and apartments in houses.

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GASOMETER

GASOM'ETER, noun [gas] In chimistry, an instrument or apparatus, intended to measure, collect, preserve or mix different gases.An instrument for measuring the quantity of gas em...

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GASOMETRY

GASOM'ETRY, noun The science, art or practice of measuring gases. It teaches also the nature and properties of these elastic fluids.

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GASP

G'ASP, verb intransitive1. To open the mouth wide in catching the breath or in laborious respiration; particularly in dying.2. To long for. [Not in use.]G'ASP, verb transitive T...

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GASPING

G'ASPING, participle present tense Opening the mouth to catch the breath.

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GAST

G'ASTG'ASTER, verb transitive To make aghast; to frighten. [Not used.]

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GASTER

G`ASTER, v.t. To make aghast; to frighten. [Not used.]

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GASTNESS

G'ASTNESS, noun Amazement; fright. [Not used.]

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GASTRIC

GAS'TRIC, adjective [from Gr. the belly or stomach.]Belonging to the belly, or rather to the stomach. The gastric juice is a thin, pellucid liquor, separated by the capillary ex...

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GASTRILOQUIST

GASTRIL'OQUIST, noun [Gr. belly, and Latin loquor, to speak.]Literally, one who speaks from his belly or stomach; hence, one who so modified his voice that it seems to come from...

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GASTROCELE

GAS'TROCELE, [Gr. the stomach, and a tumor.] A rupture of the stomach.

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GASTROMANCY

GAS'TROMANCY, noun [Gr. belly, and divination.]A kind of divination among the ancients by means of words seeming to be uttered from the belly.