Part 4719

<hw>Gas*om"e*try</hw> <tt>(? &or; ?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The art or practice of measuring gases; also, the science which treats of the nature and properties of these elastic fluids.</def>

<i>Coxe.</i>

<h1>Gasoscope</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas"o*scope</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[<ets>Gas</ets> + <ets>-scope</ets>.]</ety> <def>An apparatus for detecting the presence of any dangerous gas, from a gas leak in a coal mine or a dwelling house.</def>

<h1>Gasp</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gasp</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Gasped</er> <tt>(?)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Gasping</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[OE. <ets>gaspen</ets>, <ets>gaispen</ets>, to yawn, gasp, Icel. <ets>geispa</ets> to yawn; akin to Sw. <ets>g\'84spa</ets>, Dan. <ets>gispe</ets> to gasp.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire convulsively; to pant violently.</def>

<blockquote>She <b>gasps</b> and struggles hard for life. <i>Lloyd.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.</def>

<blockquote>Quenching the <b>gasping</b> furrows' thirst with rain. <i>Spenser.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gasp</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gasp</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To emit or utter with gasps; -- with <i>forth</i>, <i>out</i>, <i>away</i>, etc.</def>

<blockquote>And with short sobs he <b>gasps</b> away his breath. <i>Dryden.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Gasp</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gasp</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.</def>

<cs><col>At the last gasp</col>, <cd>at the point of death.</cd></cs>

<i>Addison.</i>

<h1>Gaspereau</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas"per*eau</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The alewife.</def> <mark>[Local, Canada]</mark>

<h1>Gasserian</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas*se"ri*an</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Relating to Casserio (L. <it>Gasserius</it>), the discover of the Gasserian ganglion.</def>

<cs><col>Gasserian ganglion</col> <fld>(Anat.)</fld>, <cd>a large ganglion, at the root of the trigeminal, or fifth cranial, nerve.</cd></cs>

<h1>Gassing</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas"sing</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <fld>(Manuf.)</fld> <def>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 process of singeing.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Boasting; insincere or empty talk.</def> <mark>[Slang]</mark>

<h1>Gassy</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gas"sy</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Full of gas; like gas. Hence: <mark>[Colloq.]</mark> Inflated; full of boastful or insincere talk.</def>

<h1>Gast</h1> <Xpage=614>

<hw>Gast</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[OE. <ets>gasten</ets>, <ets>g<?/sten</ets> to frighten, akin to Goth. <ets>usgaisjan</ets>. See <er>Aghast</er>, <er>Ghastly</er>, and cf. <er>Gaze</er>.]</ety> <def>To make aghast; to frighten; to terrify. See <er>Aghast</er>.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>