gash
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gash1
▶noun a long, deep slash, cut, or wound. ▶verb make a gash in.
– origin ME garse, from OFr. garcer ‘to chap, crack’, perh. based on Gk kharassein ‘sharpen, scratch, engrave’.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
gash2
▶noun Brit. informal rubbish or waste.
– origin 1920s (orig. in naut. use): of unknown origin.
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