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Pronunciation : Gash
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [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.]
Definition : Defn: To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh. Grievously gashed or gored to death. Hayward.

t. [imp. & p. p. Gashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gashing.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913

Pronunciation : Gash
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : Defn: A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913