Gascon
(Gas"con) 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.
Gasconade
(Gas`con*ade") 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.
Gasconade
(Gas`con*ade"), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gasconaded; p. pr. & vb. n. Gasconading.] To
boast; to brag; to bluster.
Gasconader
(Gas`con*ad"er) n. A great boaster; a blusterer.
Gascoynes
(Gas"coynes) n. pl. Gaskins. Beau. & Fl.
Gaseity
(Gas*e"i*ty) n. State of being gaseous. [R] Eng. Cyc.
Gaseous
(Gas"e*ous) a. [From Gas. Cf. F. gazeux.]
1. In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an aëriform fluid.
2. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. "Unconnected, gaseous information." Sir J. Stephen.
Gash
(Gash) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gashed (gasht); 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.
Grievously gashed or gored to death.
Hayward. Gash
(Gash), n. A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh.
Gashful
(Gash"ful) a. Full of gashes; hideous; frightful. [Obs.] "A gashful, horrid, ugly shape." Gayton.
Gasification
(Gas`i*fi*ca"tion) n. [See Gasify.] The act or process of converting into gas.
Gasiform
(Gas"i*form), a. Having a form of gas; gaseous.
Gasify
(Gas"i*fy) v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gasified ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gasifying.] [Gas + -fy.] To convert
into gas, or an aëriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes.
Gasify
(Gas"i*fy) v. i. To become gas; to pass from a liquid to a gaseous state. Scientific American.
Gasket
(Gas"ket) n. [Cf. F. garcette, It. gaschetta, Sp. cajeta caburn, garceta reef point.]
1. (Naut.) A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor
gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket.
2. (Mech.) (a) The plaited hemp used for packing a piston, as of the steam engine and its pumps.
(b) Any ring or washer of packing.
Gaskins
(Gas"kins) n. pl. [Cf. Galligaskins.]
1. Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins. [Obs.] Shak.
2. Packing of hemp. Simmonds.
3. A horse's thighs. [Prov. Eng.] Wright.
