Part 4718

<i>Scientific American.</i>

<h1>Gasket</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas"ket</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[Cf. F. <ets>garcette</ets>, It. <ets>gaschetta</ets>, Sp. <ets>cajeta</ets> caburn, <ets>garceta</ets> reef point.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <def>A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. <stype>Sea gaskets</stype> are common lines; <stype>harbor gaskets</stype> are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also <altname>casket</altname>.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Mech.)</fld> <sd>(a)</sd> <def>The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps.</def> <sd>(b)</sd> <def>Any ring or washer of packing.</def>

<h1>Gaskins</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas"kins</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.pl.</tt> <ety>[Cf. <er>Galligaskins</er>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<i>Shak.</i>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Packing of hemp.</def>

<i>Simmonds.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <def>A horse's thighs.</def> <mark>[Prov. Eng.]</mark>

<i>Wright.</i>

<h1>Gaslight</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas"light`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A gas jet or burner.</def>

<h1>Gasogen</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas"o*gen</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gas</ets> + <ets>-gen</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>An apparatus for the generation of gases, or for impregnating a liquid with a gas, or a gas with a volatile liquid.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A volatile hydrocarbon, used as an illuminant, or for charging illuminating gas.</def>

<h1>Gasolene</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas`o*lene</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>See <er>Gasoline</er>.</def>

<h1>Gasolier</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas`o*lier"</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Gasalier</er>.</def>

<h1>Gasoline</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas"o*line</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?; 104)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, as also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used in making air gas, and in giving illuminating power to water gas. See <er>Carburetor</er>.</def><-- used as a fuel for most automobiles and for other vehicles with a gasoline-powered internal combustion engine -->

<h1>Gasometer</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas*om"e*ter</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gas</ets> + <ets>-meter</ets>. Cf. F. <ets>gazom\'8atre</ets>.]</ety> <def>An apparatus for holding and measuring of gas; in gas works, a huge iron cylinder closed at one end and having the other end immersed in water, in which it is made to rise or fall, according to the volume of gas it contains, or the pressure required.</def>

<h1>Gasometric &or;, Gasometrical</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw><hw>Gas`o*met"ric</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <hw>Gas`o*met"ric*al</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>,<hw> <tt>a.</tt> <def>Of or pertaining to the measurement of gases; <as>as, <ex>gasometric</ex> analysis</as>.</def>

<h1>Gasometry</h1> <Xpage=614>