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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) An aeriform fluid; -- a term used at first by chemists as synonymous with air, but since restricted to fluids supposed to be permanently elastic, as oxygen, hydrogen, etc., in distinction from vapors, as steam, which become liquid on a reduction of temperature. In present usage, since all of the supposed permanent gases have been liquefied by cold and pressure, the term has resumed nearly its original signification, and is applied to any substance in the elastic or aeriform state.

2. (n.) A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the destructive distillation of gas coal, or sometimes of peat, wood, oil, resin, etc. It gives a brilliant light when burned, and is the common gas used for illuminating purposes.

3. (n.) Laughing gas.

4. (n.) Any irrespirable aeriform fluid.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

GAS

gas (Gas):

Named among the "sons of the servants of Solomon" (APC 1Esdras 5:34); not mentioned in the lists of Ezra and Nehemiah.

Greek

541. apaugasma -- radiance
... radiance. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: apaugasma Phonetic Spelling:
(ap-ow'-gas-mah) Short Definition: a light flashing forth, radiation, gleam ...
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2039. ergasia -- work (noun)
... work (noun). Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: ergasia Phonetic Spelling:
(er-gas-ee'-ah) Short Definition: working, activity, trade, performance ...
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1064. gaster -- the belly
... the belly. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: gaster Phonetic Spelling:
(gas-tare') Short Definition: the womb, stomach, to be pregnant Definition ...
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Strong's Hebrew

5065. nagas -- to press, drive, oppress, exact
... nagas. 5066 . to press, drive, oppress, exact. Transliteration: nagas Phonetic
Spelling: (naw-gas') Short Definition: taskmasters. Word Origin a prim. ...
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Library

Suffocated Trees
... SUFFOCATED TREES. We sometimes hear of people being suffocated by gas,
but it is not often we hear of trees being suffocated. But ...
/.../chidley/fifty-two story talks to boys and girls/suffocated trees.htm

Chapter Iii Precious Answers to Prayer
... It naturally occurred to me, to introduce temporary gas-stoves; but on further weighing
the matter, it was found, that we should be unable to heat our very ...
/.../muller/answers to prayer/chapter iii precious answers to.htm

The Parable of the Leaven.
... are certain things so blended, and the yeast-plant takes one kind of substance as
food, and in doing so sets free another substance called carbonic acid gas. ...
/.../anonymous/mother stories from the new testament/the parable of the leaven.htm

The Faculty of Faith.
... As water is in the pipes, altho not running just now, or as gas is in the tubes,
altho not burning so by virtue of regeneration is faith present as a ...
/.../kuyper/the work of the holy spirit/xxxviii the faculty of faith.htm

February 10. "I am Crucified with Christ; Nevertheless I Live" ...
... made for you, and you were made for Christ, and until you meet you are not complete,
and He needs you as you need Him." I:said: "Suppose that gas-jet should say ...
/.../simpson/days of heaven upon earth /february 10 i am crucified.htm

Nouns, 1-14
... Acc. gas 4 K. [2 Kings] 18:35. Gen gaion 4 K. [2 Kings] 18:35; Ps.48:11;
Ezk.36:24; 2 Esd. ... gais 4 K. [2 Kings] 10:11. gas 4 K. [2 Kings] 19:11. gaiais Dan. ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/conybeare/a grammar of septuagint greek/nouns 14-jan.htm

December the Thirteenth the Holy and the Profane
... Fabrics seen in the gas-light reveal quite other shades when we bring them
into the light of day. We must not make our distinctions ...
/.../my daily meditation for the circling year/december the thirteenth the holy.htm

Our Death.
... To obtain gas from the city's gas-works is one thing; to manufacture it at
one's own cost, in one's own establishment, is quite another. ...
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An Address to the Man who is Down
... No man can live without these things morally. Take that gas which gives us light.
The light is not in the gas. It is half in the air and half in the gas. ...
/.../stones rolled away and other addresses to young men/ii an address to the.htm

A Voice from the Hartley Colliery
... my poor dying hearers, by the corpses in the dark smothering gas of Hartley Pit,
I pray you be awakened, for your death-hour is hastening on, and you have but ...
/.../spurgeon/spurgeons sermons volume 8 1863/a voice from the hartley.htm

Thesaurus

Gas
... 2. (n.) A complex mixture of gases, of which the most important constituents are
marsh gas, olefiant gas, and hydrogen, artificially produced by the ...
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Windy (3 Occurrences)
... 4. (superl.) Serving to occasion wind or gas in the intestines; flatulent; as, windy
food. 5. (superl.) Attended or caused by wind, or gas, in the intestines. ...
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Whistle (3 Occurrences)
... or that made by bullet, or the like, passing rapidly through the air; the shrill
noise (much used as a signal, etc.) made by steam or gas escaping through a ...
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Inflated (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (imp. & pp) of Inflate. 2. (a.) Filled, as with air
or gas; blown up; distended; as, a balloon inflated with gas. ...
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Flame (61 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. 1. (n.) A stream of burning vapor or gas, emitting
light and heat; darting or streaming fire; a blaze; a fire. ...
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Retort (1 Occurrence)
... of glass with a curved beak to enter a receiver for general chemical operations,
or a cylinder or semicylinder of cast iron for the manufacture of gas in gas...
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Pits (13 Occurrences)
... She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch"
(Exodus 2:3). Bitumen is a hydrocarbon allied to petroleum and natural gas. ...
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Slime (6 Occurrences)
... She took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch"
(Exodus 2:3). Bitumen is a hydrocarbon allied to petroleum and natural gas. ...
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Garrisons (6 Occurrences)

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Volume (4 Occurrences)
... compass; space occupied, as measured by cubic units, that is, cubic inches, feet,
yards, etc.; mass; bulk; as, the volume of an elephant's body; a volume of gas...
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Subtopics

Gas

Gas Prices

Related Terms

Windy (3 Occurrences)

Whistle (3 Occurrences)

Inflated (1 Occurrence)

Flame (61 Occurrences)

Retort (1 Occurrence)

Pits (13 Occurrences)

Slime (6 Occurrences)

Garrisons (6 Occurrences)