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

  Gas \Gas\ (g[a^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gassed} (g[a^]st); p.
     pr. & vb. n. {Gassing}.]
     1. (Textiles) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove
        loose fibers; as, to gas thread.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  


     2. To impregnate with gas; as, to gas lime with chlorine in
        the manufacture of bleaching powder.
        [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
  
     3. to expose to a poisonous or noxious gas "The protest
        threatened to become violent, and the police gassed the
        demonstrators to force them to disperse."
        [PJC]

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

  Gas \Gas\ (g[a^]s), n.; pl. {Gases} (g[a^]s"[e^]z). [Invented by
     the chemist Van Helmont of Brussels, who died in 1644.]
     1. An a["e]riform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists
        as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids
        supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen,
        etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become
        liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage,
        since all of the supposed permanent gases have been
        liquified by cold and pressure, the term has resumed
        nearly its original signification, and is applied to any
        substance in the elastic or a["e]riform state.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Popular Usage)
        (a) A complex mixture of gases, of which the most
            important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas,
            and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive
            distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood,
            oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when
            burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating
            purposes.
        (b) Laughing gas.
        (c) Any irrespirable a["e]riform fluid.
            [1913 Webster]
  
     3. same as {gasoline}; -- a shortened form. Also, the
        accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term "
        step on the gas".
        [PJC]
  
     4. the accelerator pedal of a motor vehicle; used in the term
        " step on the gas".
        [PJC]
  
     5. Same as {natural gas}.
        [PJC]
  
     6. an exceptionally enjoyable event; a good time; as, The
        concert was a gas. [slang]
        [PJC]
  
     Note: Gas is often used adjectively or in combination; as,
           gas fitter or gasfitter; gas meter or gas-meter, etc.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     {Air gas} (Chem.), a kind of gas made by forcing air through
        some volatile hydrocarbon, as the lighter petroleums. The
        air is so saturated with combustible vapor as to be a
        convenient illuminating and heating agent.
  
     {Gas battery} (Elec.), a form of voltaic battery, in which
        gases, especially hydrogen and oxygen, are the active
        agents.
  
     {Gas carbon}, {Gas coke}, etc. See under {Carbon}, {Coke},
        etc.
  
     {Gas coal}, a bituminous or hydrogenous coal yielding a high
        percentage of volatile matters, and therefore available
        for the manufacture of illuminating gas. --R. W. Raymond.
  
     {Gas engine}, an engine in which the motion of the piston is
        produced by the combustion or sudden production or
        expansion of gas; -- especially, an engine in which an
        explosive mixture of gas and air is forced into the
        working cylinder and ignited there by a gas flame or an
        electric spark.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gas
       n 1: the state of matter distinguished from the solid and liquid
            states by: relatively low density and viscosity;
            relatively great expansion and contraction with changes
            in pressure and temperature; the ability to diffuse
            readily; and the spontaneous tendency to become
            distributed uniformly throughout any container
       2: a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent
          shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely
       3: a volatile flammable mixture of hydrocarbons (hexane and
          heptane and octane etc.) derived from petroleum; used
          mainly as a fuel in internal-combustion engines [syn: {gasoline},
           {gasolene}, {petrol}]
       4: a state of excessive gas in the alimentary canal [syn: {flatulence},
           {flatulency}]
       5: a pedal that controls the throttle valve; "he stepped on the
          gas" [syn: {accelerator}, {accelerator pedal}, {gas pedal},
           {throttle}, {gun}]
       6: a fossil fuel in the gaseous state; used for cooking and
          heating homes [syn: {natural gas}]
       v 1: attack with gas; subject to gas fumes; "The despot gassed
            the rebellious tribes"
       2: show off [syn: {boast}, {tout}, {swash}, {shoot a line}, {brag},
           {blow}, {bluster}, {vaunt}, {gasconade}]
       [also: {gassing}, {gasses}, {gassed}, {gasses} (pl)]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  246 Moby Thesaurus words for "gas":
     acetylene, advance against, advance upon, aerodynamics, air,
     alcohol, ammonia, argon, asphyxiating gas, atmosphere, avgas,
     babble, babblement, baloney, bavardage, bear down upon, belch,
     benzine, best seller, bibble-babble, big hit, big talk, bilge,
     blab, blabber, blah, blah-blah, blather, blether, blethers, bop,
     bosh, brilliant success, briquette, bull, bullshit, bunk, bunker,
     bunkum, burnable, burp, butane, cackle, caquet, caqueterie, carbon,
     carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, cater, charcoal, chat, chatter,
     chitter-chatter, chlorine, clack, clatter, coal, coal gas,
     coal oil, coke, combustible, counterattack, crap, crude, crude oil,
     dither, dope, drive, drivel, drool, electricity, eructation,
     ethane, ethanol, ether, ethyl, ethyl gas, ethylene, fad,
     fancy talk, fart, feed, fill up, fine talk, fireball, firing,
     fish story, flammable, flammable material, flank, flapdoodle,
     flatulence, flatulency, flatuosity, flatus, fluid, fluorine,
     forage, formaldehyde, fossil oil, fuel, fuel additive, fuel dope,
     gab, gabble, gas carbon, gas up, gasoline, gasser, gibber,
     gibble-gabble, go on, gossip, great success, guff, gup, gush,
     halogen gas, haver, helium, heptane, hexane, hiccup,
     high-octane gas, high-test, highfalutin, highfaluting, hit,
     hogwash, hokum, hooey, hot air, hydrogen, idle talk, illuminant,
     illuminating gas, inert gas, infiltrate, inflammable,
     inflammable material, isooctane, jabber, jaw, jazz, jet fuel,
     kerosene, killing, krypton, launch an attack, lead-free gas,
     lewisite, light source, low-lead gas, luminant, malarkey,
     march against, march upon, marsh gas, mere talk, meteoric success,
     methane, methanol, momentary success, moonshine, motor oil,
     mount an attack, mustard gas, natter, natural gas, neon, nitrogen,
     nonsense talk, octane, oil, open an offensive, oxygen, ozone,
     palaver, paraffin, patter, peat, pentane, petrol, petroleum,
     piffle, pneumatics, poison gas, poppycock, pour forth, prate,
     prating, prattle, premium gas, prittle-prattle, propane,
     propellant, provender, provision, purvey, push, radon, ramble on,
     rattle, rattle on, reel off, regular, resounding triumph, riot,
     roaring success, rock oil, rocket fuel, rot, run on, scat, sell,
     sensation, sewer gas, shit, smash, smash hit, spout, spout off,
     strike, talk away, talk nonsense, talk on, talkee-talkee,
     tall story, tall talk, thrust, tittle-tattle, tommyrot, top off,
     tripe, triumph, turf, twaddle, twattle, vapor, victual, waffle,
     wind, wow, xenon, yak, yakkety-yak
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  gas [as in `gas chamber'] 1. interj. A term of disgust and hatred,
     implying that gas should be dispensed in generous quantities, thereby
     exterminating the source of irritation. "Some loser just reloaded the
     system for no reason! Gas!" 2. interj. A suggestion that someone or
     something ought to be flushed out of mercy. "The system's getting
     {wedged} every few minutes. Gas!" 3. vt. To {flush} (sense 1). "You
     should gas that old crufty software." 4. [IBM] n. Dead space in
     nonsequentially organized files that was occupied by data that has since
     been deleted; the compression operation that removes it is called
     `degassing' (by analogy, perhaps, with the use of the same term in
     vacuum technology). 5. [IBM] n. Empty space on a disk that has been
     clandestinely allocated against future need.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  gas
       
          {GNU assembler}
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Gas, KS (city, FIPS 25975)
    Location: 37.92271 N, 95.34470 W
    Population (1990): 505 (227 housing units)
    Area: 1.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Gas, KS -- U.S. city in Kansas
     Population (2000):    556
     Housing Units (2000): 234
     Land area (2000):     0.756417 sq. miles (1.959110 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    0.756417 sq. miles (1.959110 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            25975
     Located within:       Kansas (KS), FIPS 20
     Location:             37.923851 N, 95.346168 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Gas, KS
      Gas
  

















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