gash(4) (iou) and preconize (medicine)

gash(4) (iou)

gash noun1. Also (earlier) garse, garsh. ME.
[Old French noun from garcer, jarcer (mod. gercer chap, crack). For loss of r cf. BASS noun1, DACE.]
A long deep cut or slash, esp. in the flesh; a cleft resembling this in any object. ME.
R. Dahl He touched the gash that the axe had made in the wood. P. S. Buck She cut a great gash in the beast's neck, and thus she severed its life. fig.: R. Frame Under an early moon the water against the fields was like a gash of silver.
b. An act of making a gash. E19.
The mouth. US slang. M19.
b. The vulva. Also, a woman. derog. slang. L19.
? The mod. form is recorded from M16.

preconize (medicine)

preconize

To approve by preconization.

Source: Websters Dictionary

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