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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gas \Gas\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gassed}; p. pr & vb n. {Gassing}.] 1. (Textiles) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers; as to gas thread. 2. To impregnate with gas; as to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gassing \Gas"sing\, n. 1. (Manuf.) The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing. 2. Boasting; insincere or empty talk. [Slang] From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gassing n 1: the process of interacting with gas 2: the deliberate act of poisoning someone with gas
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