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gassing

Pronunciation:  'gasing

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [n]  the deliberate act of poisoning someone with gas
  2. [n]  the process of interacting with gas
 
 See Also: chemical action, chemical change, chemical process, poisoning

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Gas"sing\, n.
1. (Manuf.) The process of passing cotton goods between two
   rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas
   to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of
   singeing.

2. Boasting; insincere or empty talk. [Slang]

 

 

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