Gashed

2 definitions found

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

  Gash \Gash\ (g[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Gashed} (g[a^]sht);
     p. pr. & vb. n. {Gashing}.] [For older garth or garse, OF.
     garser to scarify, F. gercer to chap, perh. from an assumed
     LL. carptiare, fr. L. carpere, carptum, to pluck, separate
     into parts; cf. LL. carptare to wound. Cf. {Carpet}.]
     To make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly


     to incisions in flesh.
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           Grievously gashed or gored to death.     --Hayward.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gashed
       adj : wounded by cutting deeply; "got a gashed arm in a knife
             fight"; "had a slashed cheek from the broken glass"
             [syn: {cut}, {slashed}]