Gap, subs. (venery).—The female pudendum: also Sportsman’s gap and water-gap (q.v.). For synonyms, see Monosyllable. d. 1746. Robertson of Struan, Poems, p. 84. O gracious Hymen! Cure this dire Mishap, Sew up this mighty rent, or fill the gap. To blow the gap, verb. phr. (old).—The same as to blow the gaff (q.v.). 1821. Egan, Real Life, etc., i., 557. He should like to smack the bit without blowing the gap. Gaper, subs. (venery).—The female pudendum. Also, Gaper (and Gape) over the Garter. For synonyms, see Monosyllable. Gapes, subs. (colloquial).—A fit of yawning; also the open mouth of astonishment. 1818. Austen, Persuasion. Another hour of music was to give delight or the gapes. 1838. Haliburton, Clockmaker (ed. 1862), p. 373. But what gave me the gapes was the scenes (at the theatre). Gapeseed, subs. (common).—1. A cause of astonishment; anything provoking the ignorant to stare with open mouth. Also to seek a gape’s nest. 1598. Florio, Worlde of Wordes. Ansanare ... to go idly loytring vp and downe as we say, to go seeking for a halfepenie worth of gaping seede. 1600. Nashe, Summer’s Last Will, in wks. (Grosart), vi., 144. That if a fellow licensed to beg, Should all his life time go from faire to faire, And buy gapeseede, having no businesse there. 1690. B. E., Cant. Crew. Gapeseed, whatever the gazing crowd idly stares and gapes after; as Puppet-shows, Rope-dancers, Monsters and Mountebanks, anything to feed the eye. 1694. Poor Robin. ’Tis plainly clear, They for their gapes-seed do pay dear. 1856. N. and Q., 2 S 1., 362. Plenty of persons were sowing gapeseed. 1870. B. F. Clark, Mirthfulness p. 24. Do you wish to buy some gapeseed? 1884. Daily News, 8 Oct. Title (at head of sporting column). 2. (common).—An open-mouthed loiterer. 1885. Sportsman, June 23, p. 2, c. 4. The yearlings bred by Messrs. Graham were offered to a rather select audience of buyers, though the ring was surrounded by a fairly strong crowd of gapeseeds. Gapped, ppl. adj. (old).—Worsted; floored (q.v. for synonyms). 1753. Richardson, Sir Chas. Grandison. I will never meet at hard-edge with her; if I did ... I should be confoundedly gapped. Gap-Stopper, subs. (old).—1. A whoremaster. For synonyms, see Molrower. 2. (venery).—The penis. [Gap = female pudendum]. For synonyms, see Creamstick and Prick. Gar. See by gar! Garble, to garble the coinage, verb. phr. (old).—See quot. [Garble = to pick and choose.] 1875. Jevons, Money, etc., p. 81. A practice amongst money-lenders of picking out the newest coins of full weight for export or re-melting, and passing the light ones into circulation. Garden, subs. (various).—1. (greengrocers’, fruiterers’, etc.) = Covent Garden Market; 2. (theatrical) = Covent Garden Theatre; 3. (diamond merchants’) = Hatton Garden. Cf., House, Lane, etc.