Gaslight
(Gas"light`) n.
1. The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.
2. A gas jet or burner.
Gasogen
(Gas"o*gen) n. [Gas + - gen.]
1. An apparatus for the generation of gases, or for impregnating a liquid with a gas, or a gas with a
volatile liquid.
2. A volatile hydrocarbon, used as an illuminant, or for charging illuminating gas.
Gasolene
(Gas`o*lene) n. See Gasoline.
Gasolier
(Gas`o*lier") n. Same as Gasalier.
Gasoline
(Gas"o*line) n. A highly volatile mixture of fluid hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, as
also by the distillation of bituminous coal. It is used in making air gas, and in giving illuminating power to
water gas. See Carburetor.
Gasometer
(Gas*om"e*ter) n. [Gas + -meter. Cf. F. gazomètre.] An apparatus for holding and measuring
of gas; in gas works, a huge iron cylinder closed at one end and having the other end immersed in water,
in which it is made to rise or fall, according to the volume of gas it contains, or the pressure required.
Gasometric
(Gas`o*met"ric Gas`o*met"ric*al) a. Of or pertaining to the measurement of gases; as, gasometric
analysis.
Gasometry
(Gas*om"e*try) n. The art or practice of measuring gases; also, the science which treats of
the nature and properties of these elastic fluids. Coxe.
Gasoscope
(Gas"o*scope) n. [Gas + - scope.] An apparatus for detecting the presence of any dangerous
gas, from a gas leak in a coal mine or a dwelling house.
Gasp
(Gasp) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Gasped ; p. pr. & vb. n. Gasping.] [OE. gaspen, gaispen, to yawn,
gasp, Icel. geispa to yawn; akin to Sw. gäspa, Dan. gispe to gasp.]
1. To open the mouth wide in catching the breath, or in laborious respiration; to labor for breath; to respire
convulsively; to pant violently.
She gasps and struggles hard for life.
Lloyd. 2. To pant with eagerness; to show vehement desire.
Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
Spenser. Gasp
(Gasp), v. t. To emit or utter with gasps; — with forth, out, away, etc.
And with short sobs he gasps away his breath.
Dryden. Gasp
(Gasp), n. The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath; a labored respiration; a
painful catching of the breath.
At the last gasp, at the point of death. Addison.
Gaspereau
(Gas"per*eau) n. (Zoöl.) The alewife. [Local, Canada]
