Gap

gap, n. An opening in anything made by break- linger or ink, then, boNboN, chair, get. 246 GAR 228 ing or parting an opening for pa age or entrance hiatus; vacant space or time; an opening which is irreparable. [Ic. and Sw., a gap, breach, aby , Dan. gab, gap, mouth, throat, chasm. See Gab.] — Gape, gap, in Eng. pron. gap, v. [gaped (gapt), gaping.] To open the mouth wide, as, expre ing desire for food; or indicating sleepine , indifference, dullne ; or showing surprise, astonishment, expectation, etc. or manifesting a desire to injure, devour, or overcome; to open as a gap; to gaze, stare, yawn. — n. The act of gaping. {Zobl.) The width of the mouth when opened, as of birds, fishes, etc. [AS. geapan, D. gapen, Ic. and Sw. gap a, G. gaffen, Skr. jabh, to gape, yawn; AS. geap, wide.]— The gapes. A disease of young poultry, attended with much gaping. Gar, gar, Gar'fish, n. A slender sea-fish of the pike family, having a long, pointed head; also one of similar form, but with rhombic scales, found in fresh waters. [AS., a spear,— fr. its shape; cf. E. pike, ge.i, also Ic. geirsu, a kind of herring, fr. geirr, a spear.]