Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Gasometer

Gas‐om″e‐ter (? or?), n. [Gas + -meter. Cf. F. gazomètre.] An apparatus for holding and measuring of gas; in gas works, a huge iron cylinder closed at one end and having the oth...

542

Gasometric

{ Gas′o‐met″ric (? or?), Gas′o‐met″ric‐al (?), } a. Of or pertaining to the measurement of gases; as, gasometric analysis.

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Gasometry

Gas‐om″e‐try (? or?), n. The art or practice of measuring gases; also, the science which treats of the nature and properties of these elastic fluids. Coxe.

544

Gasoscope

Gas″o‐scope (?), n. [Gas + -scope.] An apparatus for detecting the presence of any dangerous gas, from a gas leak in a coal mine or a dwelling house.

545

Gasp

Gasp (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p.Gasped (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gasping.] [OE. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn, gasp, Icel. geispa to yawn; akin to Sw. gäspa, Dan. gispe to gasp.] 1. To open t...

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Gasp (2)

Gasp, v. t. To emit or utter with gasps; — with forth, out, away, etc.And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. Dryden.

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Gasp (3)

Gasp, n. The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.At the last gasp, at the point of death. Addison.

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Gaspereau

Gas″per‐eau (?), n.(Zoöl.) The alewife.

549

Gasserian

Gas‐se″ri‐an (?), a. Relating to Casserio (L. Gasserius), the discover of the Gasserian ganglion.Gasserian ganglion(Anat.), a large ganglion, at the root of the trigeminal, or f...

550

Gassing

Gas″sing (?), n. 1. (Manuf.) The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar p...

551

Gassy

Gas″sy (?), a. Full of gas; like gas. Hence: Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.

552

Gast

Gast (?), v. t. [OE. gasten, g�sten to frighten, akin to Goth. usgaisjan. See Aghast, Ghastly, and cf. Gaze.] To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See Aghast. Chaucer. Shak.

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Gaster

Gast″er (?), v. t. To gast. Beau. & Fl.

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Gasteromycetes

‖Gas′te‐ro‐my‐ce″tes (?), n. pl.(Bot.) An order of fungi, in which the spores are borne inside a sac called the peridium, as in the puffballs.

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Gasteropod

Gas″ter‐o‐pod (?), n.(Zoöl.) Same as Gastropod.

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Gasteropoda

‖Gas′te‐rop′o‐da (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) Same as Gastropoda.

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Gasteropodous

Gas′ter‐op″o‐dous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Same as Gastropodous.

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Gastful

Gast″ful, Gast″ly (�), a. See Ghastful, Ghastly.

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Gastight

Gas″tight′ (?), a. So tightly fitted as to preclude the escape of gas; impervious to gas.

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Gastness

Gast″ness (?), n. See Ghastness.

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Gastornis

‖Gas‐tor″nis (?), n. [NL., from Gaston M. Plante, the discover + Gr. � bird.] (Paleon.) A genus of large eocene birds from the Paris basin.

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Gastræa

‖Gas‐træ″a (?), n.(Biol.) A primeval larval form; a double-walled sac from which, according to the hypothesis of Haeckel, man and all other animals, that in the first stages of ...

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Gastralgia

‖Gas‐tral″gi‐a (?), n.(Med.) Pain in the stomach or epigastrium, as in gastric disorders.

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Gastric

Gas″tric (?), a. [Gr. �, �, stomach: cf. F. gastrique.] Of, pertaining to, or situated near, the stomach; as, the gastric artery.Gastric digestion(Physiol.), the conversion of t...

565

Gastriloquist

Gas‐tril″o‐quist (?), n. [Gr. γαστήρ, γαστρόσ, stomach + L. loqui to speak.] One who appears to speak from his stomach; a ventriloquist.

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Gastriloquous

Gas‐tril″o‐quous (?), a. Ventriloquous.

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Gastriloquy

Gas‐tril″o‐quy (?), n. A voice or utterance which appears to proceed from the stomach; ventriloquy.