GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Gash (găsh), v. 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.
   
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   Grievously gashed or gored to death. Hayward.
   
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   Gash, n. A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh.
   
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