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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gang \Gang\, n. [Icel. gangr a going, gang, akin to AS., D., G.,
     & Dan. gang a going, Goth. gaggs street, way. See {Gang}, v.
     i.]
     1. A going; a course. [Obs.]
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     2. 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.
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     3. 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.
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     4. (Naut.) A set; all required for an outfit; as, a new gang
        of stays.
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     5. [Cf. {Gangue}.] (Mining) The mineral substance which
        incloses a vein; a matrix; a gangue.
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     6. A group of teenagers or young adults forming a more or
        less formalized group associating for social purposes, in
        some cases requiring initiation rites to join; as, a teen
        gang; a youth gang; a street gang.
  
     Note: Youth gangs often associate with particular areas in a
           city, and may turn violent when they feel their
           territory is encroached upon. In Los Angeles the
           {Crips} and the {Bloods} are large gangs antagonistic
           to each other.
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     7. A group of persons organized for criminal purposes; a
        criminal organization; as, the Parker gang.
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     {Gang board}, or {Gang plank}. (Naut.)
        (a) A board or plank, with cleats for steps, forming a
            bridge by which to enter or leave a vessel.
        (b) A plank within or without the bulwarks of a vessel's
            waist, for the sentinel to walk on.
  
     {Gang cask}, a small cask in which to bring water aboard
        ships or in which it is kept on deck.
  
     {Gang cultivator}, {Gang plow}, a cultivator or plow in which
        several shares are attached to one frame, so as to make
        two or more furrows at the same time.
  
     {Gang days}, Rogation days; the time of perambulating
        parishes. See {Gang week} (below).
  
     {Gang drill}, a drilling machine having a number of drills
        driven from a common shaft.
  
     {Gang master}, a master or employer of a gang of workmen.
  
     {Gang plank}. See {Gang board} (above).
  
     {Gang plow}. See {Gang cultivator} (above).
  
     {Gang press}, a press for operating upon a pile or row of
        objects separated by intervening plates.
  
     {Gang saw}, a saw fitted to be one of a combination or gang
        of saws hung together in a frame or sash, and set at fixed
        distances apart.
  
     {Gang tide}. See {Gang week} (below).
  
     {Gang tooth}, a projecting tooth. [Obs.] --Halliwell.
  
     {Gang week}, Rogation week, when formerly processions were
        made to survey the bounds of parishes. --Halliwell.
  
     {Live gang}, or {Round gang}, the Western and the Eastern
        names, respectively, for a gang of saws for cutting the
        round log into boards at one operation. --Knight.
  
     {Slabbing gang}, an arrangement of saws which cuts slabs from
        two sides of a log, leaving the middle part as a thick
        beam.
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