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  • 111gas|i|fi|ca|tion — «GAS uh fuh KAY shuhn», noun. the process of converting into gas: »Experimenting with complete gasification processes, which make gas without coke, from oil or from coal (Economist) …

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  • 112gas|kin — gas|kin1 «GAS kihn», noun. 1. the upper part of a horse s hind leg, between the stifle and the hock. 2. Obsolete. galligaskins. ╂[perhaps short for galligaskins] gas|kin2 «GAS kihn», noun. = gasket. (Cf. ↑gasket) …

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  • 113gas|less — «GAS lihs», adjective. 1. without gas. 2. not lighted by gas …

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  • 114gas - petrol — ◊ gas The air like substance that burns easily and that is used for cooking and heating is called gas. In American English, the liquid that is used as fuel for motor vehicles is also called gas, or sometimes gasoline. I m sorry I m late. I had to …

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  • 115gas up — {v.}, {informal} 1. To fill the gasoline tank of. * /The mechanics gassed up the planes for their long trip./ 2. To fill the tank with gasoline. * /The big truck stopped at the filling station and gassed up./ …

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  • 116gas up — {v.}, {informal} 1. To fill the gasoline tank of. * /The mechanics gassed up the planes for their long trip./ 2. To fill the tank with gasoline. * /The big truck stopped at the filling station and gassed up./ …

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  • 117Gas engine — (Mach.) A kind of internal combustion engine (which see) using fixed gas; also, broadly, any internal combustion engine. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] …

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  • 118Gas sculpture — is a proposal made by Joan Miró in his late writings to make sculpture out of gaseous materials.There is an example of gas sculpture in the sculpture garden at the National Gallery of Australia in Canberra. A large bank of very small nozzles is… …

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  • 119Gas War — may refer to:*Bolivian Gas War *Russia Belarus energy dispute *Russia Ukraine gas dispute …

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  • 120Gas Light — (known in the USA as Angel Street ) is a 1938 play by the British dramatist Patrick Hamilton.ynopsisThe play is set in fog bound London in 1880 at the lower middle class home of Jack Manningham and his wife Bella. It is late afternoon, a time… …

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