*gong*

n. [ AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See Gang. ] A privy or jakes. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gong farmer,
Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. [ Malayan (Jav.) gōng. ] An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise. [ 1913 Webster ]

O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Mach.) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also gong bell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Gong metal, an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from which Oriental gongs are made. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. An affected elegance or euphuism of style, for which the Spanish poet Gongora y Argote (1561-1627), among others of his time, was noted.

Gongorism, that curious disease of euphuism, that broke out simultaneously in Italy, England, and Spain. The Critic.

The Renaissance riots itself away in Marinism, Gongorism, Euphuism, and the affectations of the Hôtel Rambouillet. J. A. Symonds. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]