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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Gang

Gāng, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [A-S., O. Sax., & O. H. Ger. gangan, Goth. gaggan, Icel. ganga, D. gaan, Ger. gehen. See Go.] To go; to walk.

† Obsolete in English literature, but still used in the North of England, and also in Scotland.

Gāng, n.

noun

n. [A-S., Dan., D., & Ger. gang, Sw. gāng, a going, pace, gait, way, gallery; Ger. also a metallic vein, a streak in a mine; Goth. gaggs, gagg, way, street. See supra.]

  1. A number going in company; hence, a company, or a number of persons associated for a particular purpose; a gang of sailors, &c.;—ordinarily used in respect to persons in low or servile positions; as, a gang of thieves.
  2. A combination of similar implements arranged so as, by acting together, to save time or labor; as, a gang of saws, or of plows.
  3. (Mining.) That which incloses a vein; a gangue. See GANGUE.