[gash] n (1548) 1: a deep long cut in flesh
2. : a deep narrow depression or cut "cut a ~ through the forest" "a ~ in the hull"
[2]gash vb [alter. of ME garsen, fr. ONF garser, fr. (assumed) VL charissare, fr. Gk charassein to scratch, engrave] vt (1570): to make a gash in ~ vi: to make a gash: cut [3]gash adj [origin unknown] (1706) 1 chiefly Scot: knowing, witty
2. chiefly Scot: well-dressed: trim