GAPESING
Gapes"ing ( or ), n.
Defn: Act of gazing about; sightseeing. [Prov. Eng.]
GAPEWORM
Gape"worm` ( or ), n. (Zoöl.)
Defn: The parasitic worm that causes the gapes in birds. See
Illustration in Appendix.
GAPINGSTOCK
Gap"ing*stock` ( or ), n.
Defn: One who is an object of open-mouthed wonder.
I was to be a gapingstock and a scorn to the young volunteers.
Godwin.
GAP-TOOTHED
Gap"-toothed`, a.
Defn: Having interstices between the teeth. Dryden.
GAR Gar, n. Etym: [Prob. AS. gar dart, spear, lance. The name is applied to the fish on account of its long and slender body and pointed head. Cf. Goad, Gore, v.] (Zoöl.) (a) Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish. (b) The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike. Gar pike, or Garpike (Zoöl.), a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus Lepidosteus, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America.
GAR
Gar, v. t. Etym: [Of Scand. origin. See Gear, n.]