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  1.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Gong \Gong\, n. [AS. gong, gang, a going, passage, drain. See Gang.] A privy or jakes. [Obs.] --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]

    Gong farmer, Gong man, a cleaner of privies. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]

  2.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                    

    Gong \Gong\, n. 1. [Malayan (Jav.) g[=o]ng.] An instrument, first used in the East, made of an alloy of copper and tin, shaped like a disk with upturned rim, and producing, when struck, a harsh and resounding noise. [1913 Webster]

    O'er distant deserts sounds the Tartar gong. --Longfellow. [1913 Webster]

    2. (Mach.) A flat saucerlike bell, rung by striking it with a small hammer which is connected with it by various mechanical devices; a stationary bell, used to sound calls or alarms; -- called also gong bell. [1913 Webster]

    Gong metal, an alloy (78 parts of copper, 22 of tin), from which Oriental gongs are made. [1913 Webster]