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quid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aëriform state.

A kind of internal-combustion engine (which see) using fixed gas; also, broadly, any internal-combustion engine.

The jet piece of a gas fixture where the gas is burned as it escapes from one or more minute orifices.

A chandelier arranged to burn gas.

See Gaskins, 1. Lyly.

Of or pertaining to Gascony, in France, or to the Gascons; also, braggart; swaggering. -- n.

A boast or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging; braggodocio. Swift.

A great boaster; a blusterer.

Gaskins. Beau & Fl.

State of being gaseous. [R] Eng. Cyc.

A chandelier arranged to burn gas.

In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an aëriform fluid.

To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh. Grievously gashed or gored to death. Hayward.

Full of gashes; hideous; frightful. [Obs.] "A gashful, horrid, ugly shape." Gayton.

The act or process of converting into gas.

Having a form of gas; gaseous.

To convert into gas, or an aëriform fluid, as by the application of heat, or by chemical processes.

A line or band used to lash a furled sail securely. Sea gaskets are common lines; harbor gaskets are plaited and decorated lines or bands. Called also casket.

Loose hose or breeches; galligaskins. [Obs.] Shak.

The light yielded by the combustion of illuminating gas.