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Webster 1913 Edition

Gash

Gash

(găsh)
,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Gashed
(găsht)
;
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

,
Noun.
A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gash

GASH

,
Noun.
[I know not through what channel we have received this word. It may be allied to chisel.]
A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length, particularly in flesh.

GASH

,
Verb.
I.
To make a gash, or long, deep incision; applied chiefly to incisions in flesh.

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