English Dictionary: gaseous | by the DICT Development Group |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Note: Gas is often used adjectively or in combination; as, gas fitter or gasfitter; gas meter or gas-meter, etc. {Air gas} (Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing air through some volatile hydrocarbon, as the lighter petroleums. The air is so saturated with combustible vapor as to be a convenient illuminating and heating agent. {Gas battery} (Elec.), a form of voltaic battery, in which gases, especially hydrogen and oxygen, are the active agents. {Gas carbon}, {Gas coke}, etc. See under {Carbon}, {Coke}, etc. {Gas coal}, a bituminous or hydrogenous coal yielding a high percentage of volatile matters, and therefore available for the manufacture of illuminating gas. --R. W. Raymond. {Gas engine}, an engine in which the motion of the piston is produced by the combustion or sudden production or expansion of gas; -- especially, an engine in which an explosive mixture of gas and air is forced into the working cylinder and ignited there by a gas flame or an electric spark. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Coke \Coke\, n. [Perh. akin to cake, n.] Mineral coal charred, or depriver of its bitumen, sulphur, or other volatile matter by roasting in a kiln or oven, or by distillation, as in gas works. It is lagerly used where [?] smokeless fire is required. [Written also {coak}.] {Gas coke}, the coke formed in gas retorts, as distinguished from that made in ovens. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gaseous \Gas"e*ous\ (? [or] ?; 277), a. [From {Gas}. Cf. F. gazeux.] 1. In the form, or of the nature, of gas, or of an a[89]riform fluid. 2. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. [bd]Unconnected, gaseous information.[b8] --Sir J. Stephen. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gas \Gas\ (g[acr]s), n.; pl. {Gases} (-[ecr]z). [Invented by the chemist Van Helmont of Brussels, who died in 1644.] 1. An a[89]riform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid 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 a[89]riform state. 2. (Popular Usage) (a) A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes. (b) Laughing gas. (c) Any irrespirable a[89]riform fluid. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
d8Gaucho \[d8]Gau"cho\ (gou"ch[osl]), n., pl. {Gauchos} (-ch[osl]z) [Sp.] One of the native inhabitants of the pampas, of Spanish-American descent. They live mostly by rearing cattle. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gauge \Gauge\, n. [Written also gage.] 1. A measure; a standard of measure; an instrument to determine dimensions, distance, or capacity; a standard. This plate must be a gauge to file your worm and groove to equal breadth by. --Moxon. There is not in our hands any fixed gauge of minds. --I. Taylor. 2. Measure; dimensions; estimate. The gauge and dimensions of misery, depression, and contempt. --Burke. 3. (Mach. & Manuf.) Any instrument for ascertaining or regulating the dimensions or forms of things; a templet or template; as, a button maker's gauge. 4. (Physics) Any instrument or apparatus for measuring the state of a phenomenon, or for ascertaining its numerical elements at any moment; -- usually applied to some particular instrument; as, a rain gauge; a steam gauge. 5. (Naut.) (a) Relative positions of two or more vessels with reference to the wind; as, a vessel has the weather gauge of another when on the windward side of it, and the lee gauge when on the lee side of it. (b) The depth to which a vessel sinks in the water. --Totten. 6. The distance between the rails of a railway. Note: The standard gauge of railroads in most countries is four feet, eight and one half inches. Wide, or broad, gauge, in the United States, is six feet; in England, seven feet, and generally any gauge exceeding standard gauge. Any gauge less than standard gauge is now called narrow gauge. It varies from two feet to three feet six inches. 7. (Plastering) The quantity of plaster of Paris used with common plaster to accelerate its setting. 8. (Building) That part of a shingle, slate, or tile, which is exposed to the weather, when laid; also, one course of such shingles, slates, or tiles. {Gauge of a carriage}, {car}, etc., the distance between the wheels; -- ordinarily called the {track}. {Gauge cock}, a stop cock used as a try cock for ascertaining the height of the water level in a steam boiler. {Gauge concussion} (Railroads), the jar caused by a car-wheel flange striking the edge of the rail. {Gauge glass}, a glass tube for a water gauge. {Gauge lathe}, an automatic lathe for turning a round object having an irregular profile, as a baluster or chair round, to a templet or gauge. {Gauge point}, the diameter of a cylinder whose altitude is one inch, and contents equal to that of a unit of a given measure; -- a term used in gauging casks, etc. {Gauge rod}, a graduated rod, for measuring the capacity of barrels, casks, etc. {Gauge saw}, a handsaw, with a gauge to regulate the depth of cut. --Knight. {Gauge stuff}, a stiff and compact plaster, used in making cornices, moldings, etc., by means of a templet. {Gauge wheel}, a wheel at the forward end of a plow beam, to determine the depth of the furrow. {Joiner's gauge}, an instrument used to strike a line parallel to the straight side of a board, etc. {Printer's gauge}, an instrument to regulate the length of the page. {Rain gauge}, an instrument for measuring the quantity of rain at any given place. {Salt gauge}, or {Brine gauge}, an instrument or contrivance for indicating the degree of saltness of water from its specific gravity, as in the boilers of ocean steamers. {Sea gauge}, an instrument for finding the depth of the sea. {Siphon gauge}, a glass siphon tube, partly filled with mercury, -- used to indicate pressure, as of steam, or the degree of rarefaction produced in the receiver of an air pump or other vacuum; a manometer. {Sliding gauge}. (Mach.) (a) A templet or pattern for gauging the commonly accepted dimensions or shape of certain parts in general use, as screws, railway-car axles, etc. (b) A gauge used only for testing other similar gauges, and preserved as a reference, to detect wear of the working gauges. (c) (Railroads) See Note under {Gauge}, n., 5. {Star gauge} (Ordnance), an instrument for measuring the diameter of the bore of a cannon at any point of its length. {Steam gauge}, an instrument for measuring the pressure of steam, as in a boiler. {Tide gauge}, an instrument for determining the height of the tides. {Vacuum gauge}, a species of barometer for determining the relative elasticities of the vapor in the condenser of a steam engine and the air. {Water gauge}. (a) A contrivance for indicating the height of a water surface, as in a steam boiler; as by a gauge cock or glass. (b) The height of the water in the boiler. {Wind gauge}, an instrument for measuring the force of the wind on any given surface; an anemometer. {Wire gauge}, a gauge for determining the diameter of wire or the thickness of sheet metal; also, a standard of size. See under {Wire}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Gecko \Geck"o\ (g[ecr]k"[osl]), n.; pl. {Geckoes} (-[omac]z). [Cf. F. & G. gecko; -- so called from the sound which the animal utters.] (Zo[94]l.) Any lizard of the family {Geckonid[91]}. The geckoes are small, carnivorous, mostly nocturnal animals with large eyes and vertical, elliptical pupils. Their toes are generally expanded, and furnished with adhesive disks, by which they can run over walls and ceilings. They are numerous in warm countries, and a few species are found in Europe and the United States. See {Wall gecko}, {Fanfoot}. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Geisha \Gei"sha\ (g[amac]"sh[adot]), n.; pl. {Geisha} (-sh[adot]), {Geishas} (-sh[adot]z). [Jap.] A Japanese singing and dancing girl. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Goose egg \Goose egg\ In games, a zero; a score or record of naught; -- so named in allusion to the egglike outline of the zero sign 0. Called also {duck egg}. [Slang] | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Goosish \Goos"ish\, a. Like a goose; foolish. [Obs.] --Chaucer. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Goshawk \Gos"hawk`\, n. [AS. g[?]shafuc, lit., goosehawk; or Icel. g[be]shaukr. See {Goose}, and {Hawk} the bird.] (Zo[94]l.) Any large hawk of the genus {Astur}, of which many species and varieties are known. The European ({Astur palumbarius}) and the American ({A. atricapillus}) are the best known species. They are noted for their powerful flight, activity, and courage. The Australian goshawk ({A. Nov[91]-HolNo definitions found for "GECOS" landi[91]}) is pure white. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Guacho \Gua"cho\, n.; pl. {Guachos} [Spanish American.] 1. One of the mixed-blood (Spanish-Indian) inhabitants of the pampas of South America; a mestizo. 2. An Indian who serves as a messenger. | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
gaseous adj. Deserving of being {gas}sed. Disseminated by Geoff Goodfellow while at SRI; became particularly popular after the Moscone-Milk killings in San Francisco, when it was learned that the defendant Dan White (a politician who had supported Proposition 7) would get the gas chamber under Proposition 7 if convicted of first-degree murder (he was eventually convicted of manslaughter). | |
From Jargon File (4.2.0, 31 JAN 2000) [jargon]: | |
GECOS /jee'kohs/ n. See {{GCOS}}. | |
From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]: | |
Gazez, a passing over |