2. Lacking substance or solidity; tenuous. "Unconnected, gaseous information." Sir J. Stephen.
GASH Gash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Gashing.] Etym: [For older garth or garse, OF. garser to scarify, F. gercer to chap, perh. from an assumed LL. carptiare, fr. L. carpere, carptum, to pluck, separate into parts; cf. LL. carptare to wound. Cf. Carpet.]
Defn: To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; — applied chiefly
to incisions in flesh.
Grievously gashed or gored to death. Hayward.
GASH
Gash, n.
Defn: A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh.
GASHFUL
Gash"ful, a.
Defn: Full of gashes; hideous; frightful. [Obs.] "A gashful, horrid, ugly shape." Gayton.
GASIFICATION
Gas`i*fi*ca"tion, n. Etym: [See Gasify.]
Defn: The act or process of converting into gas.
GASIFORM
Gas"i*form, a.