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p. p. & a. See Aghast. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 giant hyssop; Mexican hyssop.
Syn. -- genus Agastache. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Gr. 'a priv. + gasth'r stomach. ] (Physiol.) Having to stomach, or distinct digestive canal, as the tapeworm. [ 1913 Webster ]

or v. t. To affright; to terrify. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ]

See under Gas. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a genus of moths whose larvae are flour moths.
Syn. -- genus Anagasta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ Pref. anti- + Gr. &unr_; to swell, as with lust. ] (Med.) Tending to allay venereal excitement or desire; sedative. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Antiorgastic. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. A genus of venomous ticks which attack men and animals. The famous Persian Argas, also called Miana bug, is Argas Persicus; that of Central America, called talaje by the natives, is Argas Talaje. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a`rqron joint + &unr_; stomach. ] (Zool.) A division of the Arachnida, having the abdomen annulated, including the scorpions, harvestmen, etc.; pedipalpi. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } n. [ L. attagen a kind of bird, Gr. &unr_;, &unr_;. ] (Zool.) A species of sand grouse (Syrrghaptes Pallasii) found in Asia and rarely in southern Europe. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ F. ] Sugar cane, as it comes crushed from the mill. It is then dried and used as fuel. Also extended to the refuse of beetroot sugar. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_; gill + E. gastropoda. ] (Zool.) Those Gastropoda that breathe by branchiæ, including the Prosobranchiata and Opisthobranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. kako`s bad + &unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_;&unr_; stomach. ] Troubled with bad digestion. [ R. ] Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. cargaison, Sp. cargazon, LL. cargare to load. See rgo. ] A cargo. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl.; sing. Cayuga. (Ethnol.) A tribe of Indians formerly inhabiting western New-York, forming part of the confederacy called the Five Nations. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Carlos Chagas, a physician in Brazil, 1879-1934 ] a form of trypanosomiasis caused by infection with Trypamosoma cruzi, found principally in South America. It is transmitted by certain species of reduviid bugs, and has natural reservoirs in dogs, armadillos, rodents and other domestic and wild mammals. Stedman's Med. Dict., Dorland's Illustr. Med. Dict.
Syn. -- South Amercian trypanosomiasis, Chagas-Cruz disease. [ PJC ]

a. [ Gr. di- = di`s- twice + &unr_; belly: cf. F. digastrique. ] (Anat.) (a) Having two bellies; biventral; -- applied to muscles which are fleshy at each end and have a tendon in the middle, and esp. to the muscle which pulls down the lower jaw. (b) Pertaining to the digastric muscle of the lower jaw; as, the digastric nerves. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. [ L., that you distrain, fr. distringere. See Distrain. ] (Law) A writ commanding the sheriff to distrain a person by his goods or chattels, to compel a compliance with something required of him. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_;; &unr_; in + &unr_; belly + &unr_; to speak: cf. F. engastrimythe. ] An ventriloquist. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Ento- + Gr. &unr_; the stomach. ] (Zoöl.) Pertaining to the interior of the stomach; -- applied to a mode of budding from the interior of the gastric cavity, in certain hydroids. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. (Anat.) Epigastric. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ Gr. &unr_; over the belly; 'epi` upon + &unr_; belly: cf. F. épigastrique. ] 1. (Anat.) Pertaining to the epigastrium, or to the epigastric region. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Zoöl.) Over the stomach; -- applied to two of the areas of the carapace of crabs. [ 1913 Webster ]

Epigastric region. (Anat.) (a) The whole upper part of the abdomen. (b) An arbitrary division of the abdomen above the umbilical and between the two hypochondriac regions. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ NL., from Gr. &unr_;. ] (Anat.) The upper part of the abdomen. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ Cf. Flap, and Aghast. ] To astonish; to strike with wonder, esp. by extraordinary statements. [ Jocular ] Beaconsfield. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The state of being flabbergasted. [ Jocular ] London Punch. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ ‖‖, n. (Mil.) A small mine, in the form of a well sunk from the surface of the ground, charged with explosive and projectiles. It is made in a position likely to be occupied by the enemy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. [ Prob. corrupted fr. It. Grechesco Grecian, a name which seems to have been given in Venice, and to have been afterwards confused with Gascony, as if they came from Gascony. ] Loose hose or breeches; leather leg quards. The word is used loosely and often in a jocose sense. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. See Galligaskins.

n.; pl. Gases [ Invented by the chemist Van Helmont of Brussels, who died in 1644. ] 1. An aëriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aëriform state. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Popular Usage) (a) A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes. (b) Laughing gas. (c) Any irrespirable aëriform fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. same as gasoline; -- a shortened form. Also, the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term “ step on the gas”. [ PJC ]

4. the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term “ step on the gas”. [ PJC ]

5. Same as natural gas. [ PJC ]

6. an exceptionally enjoyable event; a good time; as, The concert was a gas. [ slang ] [ PJC ]

☞ Gas is often used adjectively or in combination; as, gas fitter or gasfitter; gas meter or gas-meter, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

Air gas (Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing air through some volatile hydrocarbon, as the lighter petroleums. The air is so saturated with combustible vapor as to be a convenient illuminating and heating agent. --
Gas battery (Elec.), a form of voltaic battery, in which gases, especially hydrogen and oxygen, are the active agents. --
Gas carbon,
Gas coke, etc. See under Carbon, Coke, etc. --
Gas coal, a bituminous or hydrogenous coal yielding a high percentage of volatile matters, and therefore available for the manufacture of illuminating gas. R. W. Raymond. --
Gas engine, an engine in which the motion of the piston is produced by the combustion or sudden production or expansion of gas; -- especially, an engine in which an explosive mixture of gas and air is forced into the working cylinder and ignited there by a gas flame or an electric spark. --
Gas fitter, one who lays pipes and puts up fixtures for gas. --
Gas fitting. (a) The occupation of a gas fitter. (b) pl. The appliances needed for the introduction of gas into a building, as meters, pipes, burners, etc. --
Gas fixture, a device for conveying illuminating or combustible gas from the pipe to the gas-burner, consisting of an appendage of cast, wrought, or drawn metal, with tubes upon which the burners, keys, etc., are adjusted. --
Gas generator, an apparatus in which gas is evolved; as: (a) a retort in which volatile hydrocarbons are evolved by heat; (b) a machine in which air is saturated with the vapor of liquid hydrocarbon; a carburetor; (c) a machine for the production of carbonic acid gas, for aërating water, bread, etc. Knight. --
Gas jet, a flame of illuminating gas. --
Gas machine, an apparatus for carbureting air for use as illuminating gas. --
Gas meter, an instrument for recording the quantity of gas consumed in a given time, at a particular place. --
Gas retort, a retort which contains the coal and other materials, and in which the gas is generated, in the manufacture of gas. --
Gas stove, a stove for cooking or other purposes, heated by gas. --
Gas tar, coal tar. --
Gas trap, a drain trap; a sewer trap. See 4th Trap, 5. --
Gas washer (Gas Works), an apparatus within which gas from the condenser is brought in contact with a falling stream of water, to precipitate the tar remaining in it. Knight. --
Gas water, water through which gas has been passed for purification; -- called also gas liquor and ammoniacal water, and used for the manufacture of sal ammoniac, carbonate of ammonia, and Prussian blue. Tomlinson. --
Gas well, a deep boring, from which natural gas is discharged. Raymond. --
Gas works, a manufactory of gas, with all the machinery and appurtenances; a place where gas is generated for lighting cities. --
Laughing gas. See under Laughing. --
Marsh gas (Chem.), a light, combustible, gaseous hydrocarbon, CH4, produced artificially by the dry distillation of many organic substances, and occurring as a natural product of decomposition in stagnant pools, whence its name. It is an abundant ingredient of ordinary illuminating gas, and is the first member of the paraffin series. Called also methane, and in coal mines, fire damp. --
Natural gas, gas obtained from wells, etc., in Pennsylvania, Ohio, and elsewhere, and largely used for fuel and illuminating purposes. It is chiefly derived from the Coal Measures. --
Olefiant gas (Chem.). See Ethylene. --
Water gas (Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing steam over glowing coals, whereby there results a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide. This gives a gas of intense heating power, but destitute of light-giving properties, and which is charged by passing through some volatile hydrocarbon, as gasoline. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gassed p. pr. & vb. n. Gassing. ] 1. (Textiles) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers; as, to gas thread. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. To impregnate with gas; as, to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

3. to expose to a poisonous or noxious gas “The protest threatened to become violent, and the police gassed the demonstrators to force them to disperse.” [ PJC ]

n. [ Formed from gas, in imitation of chandelier. ] A chandelier arranged to burn gas.
Syn. -- gaselier. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. a person who talks a great deal about uninteresting topics.
Syn. -- windbag. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. the bag containing the gas in a balloon.
Syn. -- envelope. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A region of southwestern France; Gascony.
Syn. -- Gascony. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. pl. See Gaskins, 1. Lyly. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ F. ] Of or pertaining to Gascony, in France, or to the Gascons; also, braggart; swaggering. -- n. A native of Gascony; a boaster; a bully. See Gasconade. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ F. gasconnade, from Gascon an inhabitant of Gascony, the people of which were noted for boasting. ] A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio. Swift. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Gasconaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gasconading. ] To boast; to brag; to bluster. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A great boaster; a blusterer. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. pl. Gaskins. Beau. & Fl. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. State of being gaseous. [ R ] Eng. Cyc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Formed from gas, in imitation of chandelier. ] A chandelier arranged to burn gas.
Syn. -- gasalier. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

. (Mach.) A kind of internal-combustion engine (which see) using fixed gas; also, broadly, any internal-combustion engine. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

a. [ From Gas. Cf. F. gazeux. ] 1. In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an aëriform fluid. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. “Unconnected, gaseous information.” Sir J. Stephen. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Gashed p. pr. & vb. n. Gashing. ] [ For older garth or garse, OF. garser to scarify, F. gercer to chap, perh. from an assumed LL. carptiare, fr. L. carpere, carptum, to pluck, separate into parts; cf. LL. carptare to wound. Cf. Carpet. ] To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

Grievously gashed or gored to death. Hayward. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A mountain in Kashmir, 26, 470 feet high. [ proper name ] [ WordNet 1.5 ]