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gaseous (gas'e-us), n. [< gas + -e-ous; = Sp. gas-heater (gas'he'ter), n. 1. A group of gas- gas-lighted (gas'li'ted), a. Lighted by means 
gaseoso. Cf.lt. gasoso = F. gazeux.'] 1. In burners arranged in an open fireplace or in an 
the form of gas or an aeriform fluid ; of the na- ' 
ture of gas. 
portable gas-stove for heating tools, melting The present system of 
solders, etc. 
The substance employed ]in the principle of muscular 
motion), whether it be fluid, gaseous, elastic, electrical, 
of illuminating gas : as, a gas-ligli ted hall, 
inclosed stove" for warming a room by the di- gas-lighting (gas'li"ting), n. Illumination by 
rect or reflected heat of gas-jets. 2. A small means of gas. 
Thp nrpRpnt. svafpin nf anxliftJtli n<i 
'lect. Rev. (Amer.), XII. 4. 
aly, wanting substance or solidity ; 
flimsy. 
Unconnected, gaseous information. Sir J. Stephen. 
gaseousness (gas'e-us-nes), . The state or 
quality of being gaseous. 
gas-field (gas'feld), n. A region or area of ter- 
ritory from which natural gas is obtained in 
sufficient quantity to be of economical impor- 
tance. 
gas-fitter (gas'fifer), n. One whose business 
is the fitting up of buildings, etc., with all the 
requisites for the use of illuminating gas. 
gas-fixture (gas'fiks"tur), n. A permanent ap- 
paratus for the burning of illuminating gas, in- 
cluding a burner or set of burners and the tube 
or none of these, or nothing resembling these, is unknown gashful (gash'ful), a. [A corruption otgastful, gas-lime (gas'lim), n. Lime that has been used 
;' v "' ghastful, appar. by vague association with as a filter for the purification of illuminating 
no^wrn d aliy r Sran e r^Llfo 8 n e d^o h nf hare gK Ct. gashly tor gastly, ghastly. The op- gas . 
Huxley, Physiography, p. 87. pOSlte change appears in wistful tor wishful.) Tne bluish-green mass which is produced in the purifi- 
cation of illuminating gas . . . is generally known by the 
name of "refuse gas-lime." C. T. Davis, Leather, p. 275. 
Th"e"condition or quality of" being'gashly or The unhairing in lime-pits is done with gas-lime. 
ghastly ;dreadfulness;deadliness. [Prov.Eng.] **** f * . ? 3 ' 2 - 
ThegeneraldulnessG/a.W.-n^wasMrs. Wickam'sstrong gas-llQUOr (gas'hk'er), n. A liquid containing 
expression) of her present life. ammonia and ammonium carbonate and sul- 
Dickens, Dombey and Son, viii. phid, besides other products' obtained from 
(gash'li), a. [A corruption of gastly, coal in the manufacture of illuminating gas. 
, appar. by vague association with gas-machine (gas'ina-shenf), n. An apparatus 
Cf. gashful.] Ghastly; horrible; dread- tor carbureting air in making illuminating gas 
ful ; deadly. ["Obsolete or prov. Eng.] ' small quantities ; a carbureter. 
Their warm and wanton embrace, of living bodies ill gas-main (gas man) , n. One of the principal 
agreed with their offerings Diis manibus, to gashly ghosts, underground pipes which convey gas from the 
Fuller, Pisgah sight, IV. vii. 27. gas-works to the places where it is to be con- 
By all that is hirsute and gashly. sumed. 
Sterne, Tristram Shandy, v. 215. gas-man (gas'man), n. 1. A man employed in 
connecting it with a gas-pipe, a key or keys for _, nol( j er (gas'hol'der), . A vessel for the the manufacture or concerned with the supply- 
tlirnincr thA flow nf J'JIS OM or OH. etC. See OaX- o*" **** ','/... _j^__ ; nr *^f Ulnminatimv rvaa 9. Tn rnn 1~niint.lt ft. Al 
See gas 
turning the flow of gas off or on, etc. 
bracket and gaselier. 
gas-furnace (gas'fer'nas), n. 1. A furnace 
heated by the combustion of gas. 2. A fur- 
nace for distilling gas from coal or some 
form of carbon. 
gas-gage (gas'gaj), n. An instrument for as- 
certaining the pressure of gas, generally con- 
sisting of a bent graduated tube containing wa- 
ter or mercury, open at one end and with the 
other screwed into the vessel containing the 
gas. 
gas-globe (gas'glob), n. A globe of glass or 
porcelain used to shade a gas-light. 
gas-governor (gas ' guv 'er- nor), n. 1. An 
apparatus, controlled by gas-pressure, which 
regulates the speed of a steam-engine driving 
a gas-exhauster, thus maintaining any required 
pressure or exhaust. 2. A device for regulat- 
storage of jgas after purification, and for regu- 
lating its flow through street-mains, burners, 
etc. See cut under gasometer. 
L i" 1 " gash-vein (gash'van), n. In mining, a fissure 
containing veinstone or ore, or both inter- 
mixed, which does not extend downward or up- 
ward into another formation or group of strata. 
A gash appears usually to be the result of a shrinkage, or 
of some slight tension of the rock in which it occurs. Fis- 
sure, as used in the term fissure-vein, means a crack which 
has a deep-seated cause, and which therefore may be ex- 
pected to extend downward or upward, regardless of any 
change in the formation. (See fissure-vein.) The lead-bear- 
ing crevices of the upper Mississippi lead region are gash- 
veins. They do not pass out of the galeniferous dolomite 
into the underlying blue limestone, or into the overlying 
shales of the Hudson River group, 
gasification (gas'i-fi-ka'shon), n. [Aagaxify + 
cess of converting a substance into gas, or pro- 
ducing gas from it. 
UK the flow of illuminating gas from a burner J^g^^Efton), . [< gas + L. forma, 
and preventing waste. * f Ct.F. gazeiformej Gaseous; aeriform. 
Also called gas-regulator. 
gas-gun (gas'gun), n. A pipe in 
are exploded for signaling purposes. 
gash 1 (gash), v. t. [A corruption of an older 
garsh, which, again, stands for orig. garse, < 
ME. garse, garce, gerse, a gash, incision, scari- 
fication, < garsen, garcen, gaarcyn, gash, scarify, 
< OF. garser, scarify (cf. later garscher, chap, as 
which ?ases gasify (gas'i-fi), v. t. ; pret. and pp. gasified, ppr. 
1 gasifying. [Also written gasefy; < gas + -i-fy. 
Cf. F. gazeijler.'] To produce gas or an aeriform 
fluid from, or convert into gas, as by the appli- 
cation of heat, or other chemical process. 
All that has lived must die, and all that is dead must 
be disintegrated, dissolved, or gasified. 
Life o/ Pasteiir.tr. by Lady Claud Hamilton, p. 41 
ing of illuminating gas. 2. In coal-mining, an 
employee who examines the underground work- 
ings for the purpose of ascertaining whether 
fire-damp is present in dangerous quantity, and 
who also has supervision of the ventilation. 
3. Theat., the person who controls the lights 
on the stage. 
gas-meter (gas'me'ter), n. An apparatus 
through which illuminating gas is made to pass, 
in order to ascertain the number of cubic feet 
of it produced at gas-works or consumed by 
those supplied with it. Of this apparatus there are 
two types, the wet and the dry, the former being now prin- 
cipally used for measuring the quantity produced, and the 
latter.onamuchsmallerscale.thequantityconsumed. The 
wet meter is composed of an outer box about three fifths 
filled with water. Within this is a revolving four-cham- 
bered drum, each chamber being capable of containing a 
definite quantity of gas, which is admitted through a pipe 
in the center of the meter, and, owing to the arrangement 
of the partitions of the chambers, causes the drum to 
maintain a constant revolution. This sets in motion a 
train of wheels carrying the hands over the dials which 
mark the quantity of gas passing. The dry meter con- 
sists of two or three chambers, each divided by a flexible 
partition or diaphragm, by the motion of which the capa- 
city on one side is diminished, while that on the other is 
increased. By means of slide-valves, like those of a steam- 
engine, worked by the movement of the diaphragms, the 
gas to be measured passes alternately in and out of each 
space. The contractions and expansions set in motion the 
clockwork which marks the rate of consumption. The 
diaphragms in all the chambers are so connected that they 
move in concert. 
gash a person's 
Gashed with honourable scars, 
Low in Glory's lap they lay. 
Montgomery, Battle of Alexandria. 
gash 1 (gash), n. [Earlier garsh, garse, < ME. 
garse, garce, gerse; from the verb.] An in- 
cision or cut, relatively long and deep; par- 
ticularly, a cut in flesh ; a slash. 
Touche and handle ye my side, it hath the gashe of the 
speare. J. Udall, On Luke xxiv. 
Ought we, like madmen, to tear off the plasters that 
the lenient hand of prudence had spread over the wounds 
and gashes which in our delirium of ambition we had 
given to our own body ? Burke, Speech at Bristol, 1780. 
The dell, upon the mountain's crest, 
Yawned like a gash on warrior's breast. 
Scott, L. of the L., iii. 26. 
gash 2 (gash), a. [Se.; supposed to be an abbre- 
viation of F. sagace, < L. sagax ; sagacious : see 
pipe, or the presence 
gas-jet (gas'jet), n. 1. A spout of flame issu- 
ing from a gas-burner. 2. A gas-burner. 
gasket (gas'ket), n. [Appa: 
garcette, a gasket, a cat-o'-i , , 
ceta, a gasket, hair which falls in locks on the 
temples ; origin unknown. The It. gaschetta, a 
gasket, appears to be from E.] 1. Naut., one 
of several bands of sennit or canvas, or small 
Uospitalier, Electricity (trans.), p. 264. 
2. A gas-burner. gasogene (gas'o-jen), n. Same as gazogene. 
.ppar. corrupted from F. gasolene, gasoline (gas'o-len, -lin), n. [< gat 
t-o'-nine-tails, < Sp. gar- + -ol + -ene, -ine 2 .] The lightest volatile liquid 
iquid 
product commonly obtained from the distilla- 
tion of petroleum. Its specific gravity is .629 to .6673 
(95" to 80*8.). It is used in vapor-stoves, and for saturat- 
ing air or gas in gaa-machines or carbureters. 
[= F. gazometre 
Here, too, we had our southeaster tacks aboard again, 
slip-ropes, buoy-ropes, . . . and rope-yarns for gasket*. 
&. U. Dana, Jr., Before the Mast, p. 98. 
I noticed a man clamber out on the jib-boom to snug 
the jib, that showed disposition to blow clear of its gas- 
kets W. C. Russell, Sailor's Sweetheart, x. 
uirpav, a measure.] 1. Inehem.: (a) An instru- 
ment or apparatus intended to measure, col- 
lect, preserve, or mix different gases. (6) An 
instrument for measuring the quantity of gas 
employed in any chemical experiment. 2. A 
reservoir or storehouse for gas, especially for 
sagacious.'] 1. Shrewd: sagacious; having the feunt gasket. See bunt-gasket^ Quarter gasket,~a gas 
appearance of sagacity joined with that of self- ket placed about half-way out on the yard. _ 
2. In mach., a strip of leather, tow, plaited . ~ . 
hemp, or similar material, used for packing a the ordinary illuminating gas produced in gas- 
piston, as of the steam-engine and its pumps. works, which supplies the various pipes 
importance. 
He was a innh and faithfu' tyke 
As ever lap a aheugh or dyke. 
Burns, The Twa Dogs. 
2. Lively and fluent in discourse ; talkative. 
Good claret best keeps out the cauld, 
And drives away the winter soon ; 
It makes a man baith gash and bauld, 
And heaves his saul beyond the moon. 
Ramsay, Poems, II. 205. 
3. Trim ; well dressed. 
Here farmers gash, in ridin' graith, 
Gaed hoddin by their cottars. 
Burnt, Holy Fair. 
[Scotch in all uses.] 
gash 2 (gash), v. i. [< gasJfl, a., 2.] To con- 
verse; gossip; tattle; gush. [Scotch.] 
She lea'es them gashin' at their cracks, 
An' slips out by herself. Burnt, Halloween. 
gasking (gas'king), . [Cf. gasket, 2.] Pack- 
ing, usually of hemp. 
The flanch on which this cover rests is grooved a little 
to admit of "gasking" being inserted. Ure, Diet., I. 372. 
gaskinst(gas'kinz),.pJ. [Alsogascoynes, abbr. 
of galligaskins, gallogaseoynes, etc.] Same as 
galligaskins, 1. 
If one break, the other will hold ; or, if both break, your 
gaskins fall. Shak., T. N., i. 5. 
gas-lamp (gas'lamp), n. A lamp containing 
one or more fixtures supplied with gas-burners 
for giving light in a building or street. 
gas-light (gas'lit), n. Light, or a provision for 
light, produced bvthe combustion of coal-gas; 
a gas-jet, or the light from it. 
The gas-light wavers dimmer. 
Tennyson, Will Waterproof. 
works, which supplies the various pipes 
ployed in lighting streets and houses. The main 
part of the structure is a cylindrical gas-holder, formed 
of riveted sheet-iron plates braced internally, closed at the 
