GOUGE (2)

Gouge (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Gouged (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Gouging (?).] 1. 1. To scoop out with a gouge.
2. 2. To scoop out, as an eye, with the thumb nail; to force out the eye of (a person) with the thumb.
☞ A barbarity mentioned by some travelers as formerly practiced in the brutal frays of desperadoes in some parts of the United States. 3. 3. To cheat in a bargain; to chouse.