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adjective Chiefly Scot.

wise, sagacious.

neat; well-dressed; well-groomed.

Origin:
1700–10; origin uncertain

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adjective Scot. Archaic.

dreary or gloomy in appearance.

Origin:
1580–90; origin uncertain

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a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.

a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.

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gash¹ (ɡæʃ)

—vb
1.	(tr) to make a long deep cut or wound in; slash

—n
2.	a long deep cut or wound

[C16: from Old French garser to scratch, wound, from Vulgar Latin charissāre (unattested), from Greek kharassein to scratch]

gash² (ɡæʃ)

—*adj*
	slang surplus to requirements; unnecessary, extra, or spare

[C20: of unknown origin]

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Word Origin & History

gash

1540s, from M.E. garce (early 13c.), from O.N.Fr. garser "to scarify, cut, slash," apparently from V.L. *charassare, from Gk. kharassein "engrave." Loss of -r- is characteristic (see bass, bust, etc.). Slang use for "vulva" dates to mid-1700s.

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Medical Dictionary

gash (gāsh)
v. gashed, gash·ing, gash·es
To make a long, deep cut in; slash deeply. n.

A long, deep cut.
A deep flesh wound.

Slang Dictionary

gash definition

n.
the female genitals; the vulva. (Usually objectionable.) : He thought he could see her gash through her swimming suit.

Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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