Gasconade

[Fr. gasconnade, from Gascon, an inhabitant of Gascony, the people of which prov. were notorious for boasting.] A boast, or boasting; a vaunt; a bravado; a bragging. -v. n. To boast; to brag; to bluster; to vaunt; as, he is a gasconading fellow. Gasconade', in Mi ouri , a river formed by the union of several branches in Pulaski co., and flowing a general N.E. course through Maries and Osage cos., enters the Mi ouri River from Gasconade co. -An E. central co.; area , about 510 sq. m. Rivers. Mi ouri and Gasconade rivers, and Bourbeuse creek. Sur face , uneven; soil , not very fertile. Min . Copper, iron, and sulphur. Cap . Hermann. Pop . (1890) 11,706. -A post-village of Gasconade co., abt. 36 m. S. of Jefferson City.