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   Gap (găp), n. [OE. gap; cf. Icel. gap an empty space, Sw. gap mouth, breach, abyss, Dan. gab mouth, opening, AS. geap expanse; as adj., wide, spacious. See Gape.]
   1. An opening in anything made by breaking or parting; as, “a gap in a fence”; an opening for a passage or entrance; an opening which implies a breach or defect; a vacant space or time; a hiatus; a mountain pass.
   
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   Miseries ensued by the opening of that gap. Knolles.
   
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   It would make a great gap in your own honor. Shak.
   
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   2. (Aëronautics) The vertical distance between two superposed surfaces, esp. in a biplane.
   
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   Gap lathe (Mach.), a turning lathe with a deep notch in the bed to admit of turning a short object of large diameter. -- To stand in the gap, to expose one's self for the protection of something; to make defense against any assailing danger; to take the place of a fallen defender or supporter. -- To stop a gap, to secure a weak point; to repair a defect.
   
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   Gap, v. t.
   1. To notch, as a sword or knife.
   
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   2. To make an opening in; to breach.
   
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   Their masses are gapp'd with our grape. Tennyson.
   
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