Gash (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gashing.] [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.]
To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly to incisions in flesh.
Grievously gashed or gored to death.
Hayward.
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Gash, n.
A deep and long cut; an incision of considerable length and depth, particularly in flesh.
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