gap

A chasm in the land, which, when near, is useful as a landmark.

← ganzee × gape →

Gap
·vt To notch, as a sword or knife. II. Gap ·vt To make an opening in; to <<Breach>>. III. Gap ·add...

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Gap
A rent or opening in a wall (Ezek. 13:5; comp. Amos 4:3). The false prophets did not stand in the ga...

Easton's Bible Dictionary
gap
This pure English word is used properly of any breach of continuity, as of the line of a saw's edge,...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
Air gap
·add. ·- An air-filled gap in a magnetic or electric circuit; specif., in a dynamo or motor, the spa...

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Gap-toothed
·adj Having interstices between the teeth. ...

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Spark gap
·add. ·- The space filled with air or other dielectric between high potential terminals (as of an el...

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Stop-gap
·noun That which closes or fills up an opening or gap; hence, a temporary expedient. ...

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gap stopper
A whoremaster. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose