Gassing
Pronunciation : Gas"sing
Part of Speech : n.
Definition : 1. (Manuf.)
Defn: The process of passing cotton goods between two rollers and exposing them to numerous minute jets of gas to burn off the small fibers; any similar process of singeing.
2. Boasting; insincere or empty talk. [Slang]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913