adv. & a. [ Pref. a- + gape. ] Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention. [ 1913 Webster ]
Dazzles the crowd and sets them all agape. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n.;
v. i.
She stretches, gapes, unglues her eyes,
And asks if it be time to rise. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]
With gaping wonderment had stared aghast. Byron.
They have gaped upon me with their mouth. Job xvi. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]
May that ground gape and swallow me alive! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
The hungry grave for her due tribute gapes. Denham.
n.
The gapes.
n.
n. See as
n.
To buy gapeseed,
To sow gapeseed
n. Act of gazing about; sightseeing. [ Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
n. (Zool.) The parasitic worm that causes
n. Sagapenum. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ L. sagapenon, sacopenium, Gr. &unr_;: cf. F. sagapin, gomme sagapin, sagapénum, Ar. sikbīnaj, Per. sakbīnah, sikbīnah. ] (Med.) A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of