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<hw>Ganch</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>ganche</ets>, <tt>n.</tt>, also Sp. & Pg. <ets>gancho</ets> hook, It. <ets>gancio</ets>.]</ety> <def>To drop from a high place upon sharp stakes or hooks, as the Turks dropped malefactors, by way of punishment.</def>

<blockquote><b>Ganching</b>, which is to let fall from on high upon hooks, and there to hang until they die. <i>Sandys.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gander</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gan"der</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>gandra</ets>, <ets>ganra</ets>, akin to Prov. G. <ets>gander</ets>, <ets>ganter</ets>, and E. <ets>goose</ets>, <ets>gannet</ets>. See <er>Goose</er>.]</ety> <def>The male of any species of goose.</def>

<h1>Gane</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gane</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Yawn</er>.]</ety> <def>To yawn; to gape.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Chaucer.</i>

<h1>Ganesa</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Ga*ne"sa</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Hind. Myth.)</fld> <def>The Hindoo god of wisdom or prudence.</def>

<note>&hand; He is represented as a short, fat, red-colored man, with a large belly and the head of an elephant.</note>

<i>Balfour.</i>

<h1>Gang</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gang</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <ety>[AS. <ets>gangan</ets>, akin to OS. & OHG. <ets>gangan</ets>, Icel. <ets>ganga</ets>, Goth. <ets>gaggan</ets>; cf. Lith. <ets><?/engti</ets> to walk, Skr. <ets>ja<?/gha</ets> leg. &root;48. CF. <er>Go</er>.]</ety> <def>To go; to walk.</def>

<note>&hand; Obsolete in English literature, but still used in the North of England, and also in Scotland.</note>

<h1>Gang</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gang</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Icel. <ets>gangr</ets> a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G., & Dan. <ets>gang</ets> a going, Goth. <ets>gaggs</ets> street, way. See <er>Gang</er>, <tt>v. i.</tt>]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A going; a course.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; <as>as, a <ex>gang</ex> of sailors; a chain <ex>gang</ex>; a <ex>gang</ex> of thieves.</as></def>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; <as>as, a <ex>gang</ex> of saws, or of plows</as>.</def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A set; all required for an outfit; <as>as, a new <ex>gang</ex> of stays</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <ety>[Cf. <er>Gangue</er>.]</ety> <fld>(Mining)</fld> <def>The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.</def>

<cs><mcol><col>Gang board</col>, &or; <col>Gang plank</col></mcol>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's waist, for the sentinel to walk on.</cd> -- <col>Gang cask</col>, <cd>a small cask in which to bring water aboard ships or in which it is kept on deck.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Gang cultivator</col>, <col>Gang plow</col></mcol>, <cd>a cultivator or plow in which several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make two or more furrows at the same time.</cd> -- <col>Gang days</col>, <cd>Rogation days; the time of perambulating parishes. See <cref>Gang week</cref> (below).</cd> -- <col>Gang drill</col>, <cd>a drilling machine having a number of drills driven from a common shaft.</cd> -- <col>Gang master</col>, <cd>a master or employer of a gang of workmen.</cd> -- <col>Gang plank</col>. <cd>See <cref>Gang board</cref> (above).</cd> -- <col>Gang plow</col>. <cd>See <cref>Gang cultivator</cref> (above).</cd> -- <col>Gang press</col>, <cd>a press for operating upon a pile or row of objects separated by intervening plates.</cd> -- <col>Gang saw</col>, <cd>a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed distances apart.</cd> -- <col>Gang tide</col>. <cd>See <cref>Gang week</cref> (below).</cd> -- <col>Gang tooth</col>, <cd>a projecting tooth. <mark>[Obs.]</mark> <i>Halliwell</i>.</cd> -- <col>Gang week</col>, <cd>Rogation week, when formerly processions were made to survey the bounds of parishes. <i>Halliwell</i>.</cd> -- <mcol><col>Live gang</col>, &or; <col>Round gang</col></mcol>, <cd>the Western and the Eastern names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the round log into boards at one operation. <i>Knight</i>.</cd> -- <col>Slabbing gang</col>, <cd>an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick beam.</cd></cs>

<h1>Ganger</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gang"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who oversees a gang of workmen.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark>

<i>Mayhew.</i>

<h1>Gangetic</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gan*get"ic</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Pertaining to, or inhabiting, the Ganges; <as>as, the <ex>Gangetic</ex> shark</as>.</def>

<h1>Gang-flower</h1> <Xpage=611>

<hw>Gang"-flow`er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Bot.)</fld> <def>The common English milkwort (<spn>Polygala vulgaris</spn>), so called from blossoming in <i>gang</i> week.</def>