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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. Miseries ensued by the opening of that gap. Knolles. It would make a great gap in your own honor. Shak. Gap lath…

Having interstices between the teeth. Dryden.

Expressing a desire for food; as, young birds gape. Dryden.

One who gapes.

The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc. GAPES; THE GAPES The gapes.

Any strange sight. Wright.

Act of gazing about; sightseeing. [Prov. Eng.]

The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See Illustration in Appendix.

One who is an object of open-mouthed wonder. I was to be a gapingstock and a scorn to the young volunteers. Godwin.

Gaping, as with wonder, expectation, or eager attention. Dazzles the crowd and sets them all agape. Milton.

An air-filled gap in a magnetic or electric circuit; specif., in a dynamo or motor, the space between the field-magnet poles and the armature; clearance.

A device to magnify sound, or direct it in a given direction in a greater volume, as a very large funnel used as an ear trumpet or as a speaking trumpet.

An extinct genus of tree ferns with large, two-ranked leaves, or fronds.

Any one of several species of large-footed, gallinaceous birds of the genera Megapodius and Leipoa, inhabiting Australia and other Pacific islands. See Jungle fowl (b) under Jungle, and Leipoa.

A metropolis. [Obs.] Sir T. Herbert.

A posterior zygapophysis.

Same as Prezygapophysis.

An anterior zygapophysis.

Sagapenum.

A fetid gum resin obtained from a species of Ferula. It has been used in hysteria, etc., but is now seldom met with. U. S. Disp.