Webster's Dictionary 1913

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Gas engine

Gas engine. (Mach.) A kind of internal-combustion engine (which see) using fixed gas; also, broadly, any internal-combustion engine.

515

Gas-burner

Gas″–burn′er (?), n. The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices.

516

Gasalier

Gas′a‐lier″ (?), n. [Formed from gas, in imitation of chandelier.] A chandelier arranged to burn gas.

517

Gascoines

Gas″coines (?), n. pl. See Gaskins, 1. Lyly.

518

Gascon

Gas″con (?; F.?), a. Of or pertaining to Gascony, in France, or to the Gascons; also, braggart; swaggering. — n. A native of Gascony; a boaster; a bully. See Gasconade.

519

Gasconade

Gas′con‐ade″ (?), n. [F. gasconnade, from Gascon an inhabitant of Gascony, the people of which were noted for boasting.] A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; bra...

520

Gasconade (2)

Gas′con‐ade″, v. i. [imp. & p. p.Gasconaded; p. pr. & vb. n.Gasconading.] To boast; to brag; to bluster.

521

Gasconader

Gas′con‐ad″er (?), n. A great boaster; a blusterer.

522

Gascoynes

Gas″coynes (?), n. pl. Gaskins. Beau. & Fl.

523

Gaseity

Gas‐e″i‐ty (? or?), n. State of being gaseous. Eng. Cyc.

524

Gaselier

Gas′e‐lier″ (?), n. [Formed from gas, in imitation of chandelier.] A chandelier arranged to burn gas.

525

Gaseous

Gas″e‐ous (? or?; 277), a. [From Gas. Cf. F. gazeux.] 1. In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an aëriform fluid.2. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. “Unconnected, ...

526

Gash

Gash (găsh), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gashed (găsht); p. pr. & vb. n.Gashing.] [For older garth or garse, OF. garser to scarify, F. gercer to chap, perh. from an assumed LL. carptiare...

527

Gash (2)

Gash, n. A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh.

528

Gashful

Gash″ful (?), a. Full of gashes; hideous; frightful. “A gashful, horrid, ugly shape.” Gayton.

529

Gasification

Gas′i‐fi‐ca″tion (?), n. [See Gasify.] The act or process of converting into gas.

530

Gasiform

Gas″i‐form, a. Having a form of gas; gaseous.

531

Gasify

Gas″i‐fy (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Gasified (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Gasifying.] [Gas + -fy.] To convert into gas, or an aëriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical p...

532

Gasify (2)

Gas″i‐fy (?), v. i. To become gas; to pass from a liquid to a gaseous state. Scientific American.

533

Gasket

Gas″ket (?), n. [Cf. F. garcette, It. gaschetta, Sp. cajeta caburn, garceta reef point.] 1. (Naut.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common li...

534

Gaskins

Gas″kins (?), n. pl. [Cf. Galligaskins.] 1. Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins. Shak.2. Packing of hemp. Simmonds.3. A horse's thighs. Wright.

535

Gaslight

Gas″light′ (?), n. 1. The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.2. A gas jet or burner.

536

Gasogen

Gas″o‐gen (?), n. [Gas + -gen.] 1. An apparatus for the generation of gases, or for impregnating a liquid with a gas, or a gas with a volatile liquid.2. A volatile hydrocarbon, ...

537

Gasolene

Gas′o‐lene (?), n. See Gasoline.

538

Gasolier

Gas′o‐lier″ (?), n. Same as Gasalier.

539

Gasoline

Gas″o‐line (? or?; 104), n. A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used in making air ga...

540

Gasoline (2)

{ Gas″o‐line, orGas″o‐lene, en″gine }. (Mach.) A kind of internal-combustion engine; — in British countries called usually petrol engine.