What is to emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc. And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. Dryden called?
gasp — To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc. And with short sobs he gasps away his breath. Dryden. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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