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gasted; gasting; gasts
Definition of gast
obsolete
: scare
gasted by the noise I made, full suddenly he fled— William Shakespeare
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“Gast.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gast. Accessed 3 Jul. 2022.
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The first known use of gast was in the 14th century
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