Definition of gang

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Gang (v. i.) A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a group of laborers under one foreman; a squad; as, a gang of sailors; a chain gang; a gang of thieves..

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Pedal :: Pedal (a.) Of or pertaining to the foot, or to feet, literally or figuratively; specifically (Zool.), pertaining to the foot of a mollusk; as, the pedal ganglion..
Dacoity :: Dacoity (n.) The practice of gang robbery in India; robbery committed by dacoits.
Gangion :: Gangion (n.) A short line attached to a trawl. See Trawl, n..
Circumesophagal :: Circumesophagal (a.) Surrounding the esophagus; -- in Zool. said of the nerve commissures and ganglia of arthropods and mollusks.
Gang-flower :: Gang-flower (n.) The common English milkwort (Polygala vulgaris), so called from blossoming in gang week..
Gangetic :: Gangetic (a.) Pertaining to, or inhabiting, the Ganges; as, the Gangetic shark..
Gangrel :: Gangrel (v. i.) Wandering; vagrant.
Lates :: Lates (n.) A genus of large percoid fishes, of which one species (Lates Niloticus) inhabits the Nile, and another (L. calcarifer) is found in the Ganges and other Indian rivers. They are valued as food fishes..
Gangliac :: Gangliac (a.) Alt. of Ganglia.
Spell :: Spell (n.) One of two or more persons or gangs who work by spells.
Gangway :: Gangway (v. i.) The opening through the bulwarks of a vessel by which persons enter or leave it.
Gangliate :: Gangliate (a.) Alt. of Gangliate.
Bovate :: Bovate (n.) An oxgang, or as much land as an ox can plow in a year; an ancient measure of land, of indefinite quantity, but usually estimated at fifteen acres..
Necrosis :: Necrosis (n.) Mortification or gangrene of bone, or the death of a bone or portion of a bone in mass, as opposed to its death by molecular disintegration. See Caries..
Gangrene :: Gangrene (n.) A term formerly restricted to mortification of the soft tissues which has not advanced so far as to produce complete loss of vitality; but now applied to mortification of the soft parts in any stage.
Budgerow :: budgerow (n.) A large and commodious, but generally cumbrous and sluggish boat, used for journeys on the Ganges..
Mortify :: Mortify (v. i.) To lose vitality and organic structure, as flesh of a living body; to gangrene..
Scorify :: Scorify (v. t.) To reduce to scoria or slag; specifically, in assaying, to fuse so as to separate the gangue and earthy material, with borax, lead, soda, etc., thus leaving the gold and silver in a lead button; hence, to separate from, or by means of, a slag..
Indo-chinese :: Indo-Chinese (a.) Of or pertaining to Indo-China (i. e., Farther India, or India beyond the Ganges)..
Gangliform :: Gangliform (a.) Alt. of Gangliofor.
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