Gash
[gæʃ] or [ɡæʃ]
Definition
(v. t.) To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh.
(n.) A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Cut deeply.
n. Deep cut, gaping wound.
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Definition
adj. (Scot.) ghastly hideous—also Gash′ful Gash′ly.—n. Gash′liness.—adv. Gash′ly.
adj. (Scot.) shrewd: talkative: trim.—v.i. to tattle.
v.t. to make a deep cut into anything esp. into flesh.—n. a deep open wound.
Checker: Reginald
Examples
- I ran back for a light and there was the poor fellow, a great gash in his throat and the whole place swimming in blood. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- The man finished tying up the gash, and the boy said, I think I'll go home now, master. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- Shut yer old black gash, and get along in with you! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- But, the caution came too late, for Bradley gashed it at the instant. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Across this gashed and puckered mirror a dark body was slowly borne by one of the backward currents. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- He had already, in spite of the rain, taken off his overcoat in order to do his delicate task, and so, as he fell, his knife gashed his thigh. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
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