Loquacity; prate; idle talk. This is an old word, and still has a place in the provincial glossaries of England.
·vi To <<Deceive>>; to <<Lie>>. II. Gab ·vi The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; ...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
or gob 1) The mouth. Gift of the gab; a facility of speech, nimble tongued eloquence. To blow the g...
Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
A notch on the eccentric rod of a steam-engine for fitting a pin in the gab-lever to break the conne...
The Sailor's Word-Book
A name of the Lophius piscatorius, toad-fish, or fishing-frog. ...
To confess, or impeach a confederate. Cant. ...
A facility of speech. ...