culch vs gash

culch

noun
  • Junk or debris. 

  • The rocks, crushed shells, and other sea detritus that create an oyster bed, where oyster spawn can attach themselves; a collection of such detritus, accumulated on land, to drop in the sea to build up oyster beds. 

  • An accumulation of small items of little current value -- materials, broken items, miscellaneous fasteners -- for possible future use. 

verb
  • To prepare an oyster bed with such (culch) attachments; to sort shellfish or fish catch by size -- most often oysters -- so as to throw back the smallest to grow bigger and breed. 

adj
  • Location where potentially useful junk items are collected: culch corner, culch drawer, culch pile. 

gash

noun
  • Rubbish, spare kit. 

  • A deep cut. 

  • A vulva. 

  • Rubbish on board an aircraft. 

  • Unused film or sound during film editing. 

  • A woman. 

  • Poor quality beer, usually watered down. 

verb
  • To make a deep, long cut; to slash. 

adj
  • ghastly; hideous 

  • Of poor quality; makeshift; improvised; temporary; substituted. 

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