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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.

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

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.

Pertaining to Rome and papal power. [Obs.] The . . . injurious nickname of Babylonish. Gape.

To gape. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To crack or gape open, as wood in drying; or to crack in small checks, as varnish, paint, etc.

To gape; to open by dehiscence.

To gape,; to yawn. [Obs.] Chaucer.

To yawn; to gape. [Obs.] Chaucer.

hears the hounds and gazes round in apprehension of some hidden danger; hence, standing agape; idly or stupidly gazing. I that rather held it better men should perish one by one, Than that earth should stand at gaze like Joshua's moon in Ajalon! Tennyson.

To grin or yawn. [Obs.] "[/He] gaped like a gulf when he did gern." Spenser.

allow, or to swallow greedlly; to gorge. Though every drop of water swear against it, And gape at widest to glut him. Shak.

To gape; to yawn.

The gape of the mouth, as of birds; -- often resricted to the corners of the mouth.