Gang

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·vi A going; a course.

II. Gang ·vi A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang of stays.

III. Gang ·vi To Go; to Walk.

IV. Gang ·vi The mineral substance which incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.

V. Gang ·vi A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; a set; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.

VI. Gang ·vi A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves.