Quenching the gasping furrows' thirst with rain.
Spenser.
Gasp, v. t. To emit or utter with gasps; -- with forth, out, away, etc.
And with short sobs he gasps away his breath.
Dryden.
Gasp, n. The act of opening the mouth convulsively to catch the breath;
a labored respiration; a painful catching of the breath.
At the last gasp, at the point of death. Addison.