Part 4717

<h1>Gasconader</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas`con*ad"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A great boaster; a blusterer.</def>

<h1>Gascoynes</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas"coynes</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n. pl.</tt> <def>Gaskins.</def>

<i>Beau & Fl.</i>

<h1>Gaseity</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas*e"i*ty</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>State of being gaseous.</def> <mark></mark>

<i>Eng. Cyc.</i>

<h1>Gaseous</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas"e*ous</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 277)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <ety>[From <er>Gas</er>. Cf. F. <ets>gazeux</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an a\'89riform fluid.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous.</def> "Unconnected, <i>gaseous</i> information."

<i>Sir J. Stephen.</i>

<h1>Gash</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gash</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gashed</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gashing</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[For older <ets>garth</ets> or <ets>garse</ets>, OF. <ets>garser</ets> to scarify, F. <ets>gercer</ets> to chap, perh. from an assumed LL. <ets>carptiare</ets>, fr. L. <ets>carpere</ets>, <ets>carptum</ets>, to pluck, separate into parts; cf. LL. <ets>carptare</ets> to wound. Cf. <er>Carpet</er>.]</ety> <def>To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh.</def>

<blockquote>Grievously <b>gashed</b> or gored to death. <i>Hayward.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gash</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gash</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh.</def>

<h1>Gashful</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gash"ful</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of gashes; hideous; frightful.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark> "A <i>gashful</i>, horrid, ugly shape."

<i>Gayton.</i>

<h1>Gasification</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas`i*fi*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[See <er>Gasify</er>.]</ety> <def>The act or process of converting into gas.</def>

<h1>Gasiform</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas"i*form</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Having a form of gas; gaseous.</def>

<h1>Gasify</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas"i*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gasified</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gasifying</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[<ets>Gas</ets> + <ets>-fy</ets>.]</ety> <def>To convert into gas, or an a\'89riform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes.</def>

<h1>Gasify</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas"i*fy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To become gas; to pass from a liquid to a gaseous state.</def>