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impediment (iou) and gash(4) (iou)


impediment (iou)



impediment noun. LME.
[Latin impedimentum hindrance, pl. -menta baggage, from impedire IMPEDE: see -I-, -MENT.]
The fact of impeding someone or something, the condition of being impeded; a hindrance, an obstruction. LME.
Shakespeare Richard III Thus far..Have we march'd on without impediment. P. Lively My gender was never an impediment.
A physical defect, now esp. in one's speech, as a stammer, a stutter. L15.
A. Fraser His stiff manner, to which a speech impediment contributed. M. Drabble He had stammered atrociously...but he had learned to turn his impediment to advantage.
sing. & (usu.) in pl. Travelling equipment, esp. of an army etc.; impedimenta. M16.
impedi'mental adjective constituting an impediment; obstructive: L16.

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.