gaping stock (gapingstok)

A person or thing that is an object of open-mouthed wonder, curiosity, or the like. I was to be a gaping - stock and a scorn to the young Godwin . Same as break - lathe . gap-lathe (gap'lāh), n . gap-toothed (gap'tötht), a. Having gaps in 4. pl . A disease of young poultry, caused by the volunteers. presence of a nematoid worm or strongyle ( Syn- gam us tracheal is ) in the windpipe, attended by frequent gaping as a symptom. gape-eyed (gäp'id), a . In herpet ., naked-eyed; having apparently no eyelids: as, the gape- eyed skinks, lizards of the family Gymnophthal- mid a.