Găb1, n.
n. [Scot. gab, mouth, Dan. gab, orifice, mouth, Sw. gap, Ir. cab and gob, mouth. See GAPE.] The mouth; hence, idle prate; chatter; unmeaning talk; loquaciousness. Toone.
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Găb2, v. i.
[A-S. gabban, to scoff, jeer, Icel. gabba, to delude, gabb, sport, Armor. goapaat, to mock, deceive, goap, mockery. See supra, and cf. GABBLE.]
Sense 1. To talk idly; to prate. Chaucer.
Sense 2. To impose upon one; to lie. Chaucer.
Găb3, n.
n. (Steam-eng.) The hook on the end of an eccentric-rod, opposite the strap. [See Illust. of Eccentric.]
