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gassing
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gas \Gas\ (g[a^]s), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gassed (g[a^]st); p. pr. & vb. n. Gassing.] 1. (Textiles) To singe, as in a gas flame, so as to remove loose fibers; as, to gas thread. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 2. To impregnate with gas; as, to gas lime with chlorine in the manufacture of bleaching powder. [Webster 1913 Suppl.] 3. to expose to a poisonous or noxious gas "The protest threatened to become violent, and the police gassed the demonstrators to force them to disperse." [PJC] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gassing \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.
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2. Boasting; insincere or empty talk. [Slang]
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