[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

gash \gash\ ga^sh, v. t. imp.  p. p. gashed ga^sht;
   p. pr.  vb. n. gashing. for older garth or garse, of.
   garser to scarify, f. gercer to chap, perh. from an assumed
   ll. carptiare, fr. l. carpere, carptum, to pluck, separate
   into parts; cf. ll. carptare to wound. cf. carpet.
   to make a gash, or long, deep incision in; -- applied chiefly
   to incisions in flesh.
   1913 webster

         grievously gashed or gored to death.     --hayward.
   1913 webster
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