▪ I. gan slang.
(gæn)
[Perh. connected with gane v.; or possibly a. Welsh geneu, Cornish ganau, mouth.]
The mouth.
| 1567 Harman Caveat (1869) 82 Gan, a mouth. 1609 Dekker Lanthorne & Candle-lt. C j b, Thou shalt pek my Iere In thy Gan. 1641 Brome Joviall Crew ii. Wks. 1873 III. 391 This Bowse is better then Rum-bowse, It sets the Gan a gigling. a 1700 B. E. Dict. Cant. Crew, Gan, a Mouth, Ganns, the Lipps. 1725 in New Cant. Dict. 1785 in Grose Dict. Vulg. Tongue, s.v. |
▪ II. gan
erron. form of can in to can thanks (see can v.1 10).
▪ III. gan
pa. tense of gin; obs. infin. of go.