clashn.
/klaʃ/, U.S. /klæʃ/ 1.
a. The loud sound of collision made by a heavy stroke or blow, the first impact of which is firm and hard, but is followed by a confused sound of many looser and lighter impacts; the kind of blow or stroke which yields this sound.‘Still Sc.’ ( N.E.D.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > [noun] > forcible, heavy, or violent > collision > noisy
clasha1522
clashing1619
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [noun] > of impact or concussion > crash, clash, or smash
rackc1300
crushc1330
crashingc1440
rasha1450
reela1450
frush1487
clasha1522
crash1574
clush-clash1582
crush-crash1582
rouncival1582
clashing1619
rack1671
smash1808
a1522 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid (1959) ix. xii. 59 Sa felloun sownd or clap maid this gret clasche.
1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. clxxxvii. f. ccxxxvi/1 The heed of the speare made a great classhe on the bright chapewe of stele.
1747 W. Collins Odes 47 In one rude Clash he struck the Lyre, And swept with hurried Hand the Strings.
1808–79 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. (at cited word) ‘A clash on the side of the head’, a box on the ear.
1817 W. Scott Rob Roy II. x. 221 Something..fell with a heavy clash on the street before us..Conscience! if it isna the keys.
1876 C. C. Robinson Gloss. Words Dial. Mid-Yorks. Clash, a heavy fall.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Clash, a slap or blow.
b. The sound of heavy rain, or the like.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > splatter
clash1817
splatter1827
1817 S. T. Coleridge Sibylline Leaves (1862) 250 O Rain! with your dull two-fold sound, The clash hard by, and the murmur all round!
a1822 P. B. Shelley Witch of Atlas l, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 45 The incessant hail with stony clash Ploughed up the waters.
2. The loud but broken sound of the collision of weapons, the striking together of cymbals, the confused ringing of an alarum bell. (Here, a clash begins like a clang, but does not result like it in a ring.)
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [noun] > of impact or concussion > crash, clash, or smash > clash of weapons
fraying1489
clish-clash1597
clasha1626
a1626 J. Fletcher & W. Rowley Maid in Mill v. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Cccc3/1 I heard no words between 'em, but what their weapons spoke, Clash, and Clatter.
1712 R. Steele Spectator No. 436. ⁋9 Hearing the Clash of Swords.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. v. 190 Through the battle and the clash of spears.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. 481 The clash of cymbals, and the rolling of drums.
1858 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. (ed. 2) III. xiii. 123 The clash of the alarm-bells came pealing far over the water.
3.
a. Shock of conflict, collision, hostile encounter, conflict.
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society > society and the community > dissent > contention or strife > [noun] > an act or instance of > a hostile encounter
encounter1297
counterc1330
brusha1400
recountering1410
recountera1470
encountering1482
re-encounter1525
re-encountry1569
passage1608
congression?1611
confronta1626
traverse1640
clash1646
congress1646
conjunction1648
head-to-head1899
go-around1912
mano a mano1950
face-off1956
bitchfest1985
1646 J. Howell Lustra Ludovici Table A Clash 'twixt the Counsel of State and the Parlement, with the Parlements submission.
1658 tr. J. Ussher Ann. World 500 Upon a second clash between the two brothers..Cyzicenus won the day.
1870 Standard 19 Dec. Great tact and a delicate temper must be exerted to avoid a clash with men who are at once touchy and a trifle overbearing.
b. The conflict or collision of contrary arguments or opinions.
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the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [noun] > mutual
antagony1643
conflictation1647
clashing1656
conflictiona1694
antagonism1716
antagonization1744
clash1782
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > [noun] > mutual opposition (of principles, etc.)
antipathy1601
expugnancy1620
pugnancy1660
collision1662
antagonism1716
clash1782
confliction1855
conflict1875
1782 W. Cowper Conversation in Poems 216 The clash of arguments and jar of words.
1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. III. 314 Our philosopher could not sympathise with the clash of temporary passions.
1858 J. B. Norton Topics for Indian Statesmen 148 That ample discussion, which nothing but the clash and conflict of a variety of opinions can secure.
1879 S. Baring-Gould Germany II. 178 Rights..which were in constant clash with the rights of the citizens.
c. A clashing or discordancy of colour. Cf. sense 4b of the verb.
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the world > matter > colour > colour relationships > [noun] > discordancy of or difference between colours
colour difference1863
clash1935
1935 I. Compton-Burnett House & its Head vii. 96 I have never met such a case of diverse colours meeting without a hint of clash.
1984 Washington Post 10 June h10/1 Picasso, who liked clash and bombast, was not wholly wrong.
4. figurative. The communication of a sudden shock. Scottish.
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a1693 M. Bruce Soul-confirmation (1709) 14 At last they give him a clash of the Kirks Craft, they cast him out of the Synagogue.
1814 W. Scott Waverley II. xiii. 197 They tell ower a clash of terror and a clatter of comfort in their sermons, without ony sense or life. View more context for this quotation
5. A sudden and heavy fall of rain, or of any moist substance dashed against a body; a large quantity or mass of anything capable of being dashed out. Scottish and northern dialect.
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1808–79 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Clash, a heap of any heterogeneous substances. A large quantity of anything; as ‘a clash of porridge’, ‘a clash o' siller’, ‘the cow has gi'en a clash o' milk.’
1821 J. Galt Ann. Parish i. 12 Poor old Mr Kilfuddy..got such a clash of glar on the side of his face, that his eye was almost extinguished.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby ‘Clashes of rain,’ soaking showers.
6.
a. Chatter, idle talk; the country talk; an item of gossip (generally malicious). Scottish and northern dialect.
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the mind > language > speech > loquacity or talkativeness > [noun] > chatter
chirma800
clappingc1386
glavera1400
clapa1420
clackc1440
blabc1460
clattera1500
babble?a1525
babblery1532
pratery1533
clitter-clatter1535
by-talk?1551
prattle1555
prittle-prattle1556
twittle-twattle1565
cacquet1567
prate?1574
prattlement1579
babblement1595
gibble-gabble1600
gabble1602
twattlea1639
tolutiloquence1656
pratement1657
gaggle1668
leden1674
cackle1676
twit-twat1677
clash1685
chit-chat1710
chatter-chitter1711
chitter-chatter1712
palavering1732
hubble-bubble1735
palaver1748
rattle1748
gum1751
mag1778
gabber1780
gammon1781
gash1787
chattery1789
gabber1792
whitter-whatter1805
yabble1808
clacket1812
talky-talky1812
potter1818
yatter1827
blue streak1830
gabblement1831
psilologya1834
chin-music1834
patter1841
jaw1842
chatter1851
brabble1861
tongue-work1866
yacker1882
talkee1885
chelp1891
chattermag1895
whitter1897
burble1898
yap1907
clatfart1913
jive1928
logorrhœa1935
waffle1937
yackety-yacking1953
yack1958
yackety-yack1958
motormouth1976
the mind > language > speech > conversation > [noun] > chatting or chat > gossiping > gossip
jowl?c1225
trattle1513
tittle-tattle1570
tattle1583
clatter1596
street web1614
town talk1642
street-threada1661
clash1685
fetch-fire1784
street yarn1800
gossip1811
village gossip1847
Russian scandal1861
chopsing1879
cooze1880
reportage1881
skeet1900
scuttlebutt gossip1901
pussy-talk1937
mauvais languec1945
comess1970
he-say-she-say1972
gyaff1975
skinder1979
goss1985
gist1990
1685 G. Sinclair Satans Invisible World Discovered 79 They were no more afrayed to keep up the Clash with him, than to speak to one another.
1713 Ld. Cromerty Conspiracies 88 (Jam.) The calumnies did find little belief..standing only on the clashes of some women, and a few seditious whisperers.
1718 A. Ramsay Christ's-kirk on Green iii. 26 Clashes mingled aft wi Lies.
1816 W. Scott Antiquary II. xiv. 336 ‘I was in America then..and no in the way to hear the country clashes.’ ‘There was little clash about it, man.’
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Clashes, news. ‘What's the clashes?’
b. (See quot.)
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1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down Clash, a tell-tale.
1889 N.E.D. at Clash Mod. Sc. An auld mischievous clash.
Compounds
clash-bag, clash-market, clash-piet, a tattler, tell-tale. Scottish.
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1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Clash-piet, a telltale.
1868 G. MacDonald Robert Falconer I. 14 ‘Ye'll do naething o' the kin', Betty. Are ye gaein' to turn clash-pyet at your age?’
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clashv.
/klaʃ/, U.S. /klæʃ/ 1.
a. intransitive. To make the sound of collision described under clash n. 1.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > [verb (intransitive)] > of impact or concussion > crash, clash, or smash
crush1398
clash?1518
swash1556
crash1563
?1518 Cocke Lorelles Bote sig. C.jv Than men myght here the ores classhe And on the water gaue many a dasshe.
1562 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Æneid viii. (R.) Togither all they rusht, and pluckt with ores conflicting clasht.
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost vi. 209 Arms on Armour clashing bray'd Horrible discord. View more context for this quotation
1796 R. Southey Joan of Arc v. 389 The iron storm of death Clash'd in the sky.
1851 H. W. Longfellow Golden Legend Prol. 4 Seize the loud, vociferous bells, and Clashing, clanging, to the pavement Hurl them from their windy tower!
1876 J. R. Green Stray Stud. Eng. & Italy 357 Soldiers from the castle rode clashing through the narrow streets.
b. transitive with object of result.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]
unwryc825
unhelec1000
to draw forthc1175
unhillc1200
to bring forth?c1225
unsteekc1250
let witc1275
uncovera1300
wraya1300
knowc1300
barea1325
shrivec1374
unwrapc1374
again-covera1382
nakena1382
outc1390
tellc1390
disclosea1393
cough1393
unhidea1400
unclosec1400
unhaspc1400
bewrayc1405
reveal1409
accusea1413
reveil1424
unlocka1425
unrekec1425
disclude?1440
uncurec1440
utter1444
detect1447
break1463
expose1483
divinec1500
revelate1514
to bring (also put) to light1526
decipher1529
rake1547
rip1549
unshadow1550
to lay to sight1563
uppen1565
unlace1567
unvisor?1571
resign1572
uncloak1574
disshroud1577
spill1577
reap1578
unrip1579
scour1585
unharboura1586
unmask1586
uncase1587
descrya1591
unclasp?1592
unrive1592
discover1594
unburden1594
untomb1594
unhusk1596
dismask1598
to open upc1600
untruss1600
divulge1602
unshale1606
unbrace1607
unveil1609
rave1610
disveil1611
unface1611
unsecret1612
unvizard1620
to open up1624
uncurtain1628
unscreen1628
unbare1630
disenvelop1632
unclothe1632
to lay forth1633
unshroud1633
unmuffle1637
midwife1638
dissecret1640
unseal1640
unmantle1643
to fetch out1644
undisguise1655
disvelop1658
decorticate1660
clash1667
exert1692
disinter1711
to up with1715
unbundlea1739
develop1741
disembosom1745
to open out1814
to let out1833
unsack1846
uncrown1849
to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861
unfrock1866
disbosom1868
to blow the lid off1928
flush1950
surface1955
to take or pull the wraps off1964
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost i. 668 And fierce with grasped arms Clash'd on their sounding shields the din of war. View more context for this quotation
1856 E. B. Browning Aurora Leigh v. 192 The mere man's voice..Went sheathed in brass, and clashed on even heights Its phrasèd thunders.
1870 W. Thornbury Tour Eng. I. vii. 148 Straightway the bells..instantly clash out a thanksgiving.
1871 R. Ellis tr. Catullus Poems lxiii. 18 Let a gong clash glad emotion.
2. transitive. To strike (things) together with this noise. †to clash quills: to wage a war of controversy with the pen.
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the mind > attention and judgement > testing > debate, disputation, argument > controversy, dispute, argument > contend, dispute [phrase]
to enter (the) lists1592
to clash quills1686
the world > movement > impact > impinge upon [verb (transitive)] > cause to impinge > bring into collision > with noise
crush1398
clash1686
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sudden or violent sound > cause sudden or violent sound [verb (transitive)] > of impact or concussion > crash, clash, or smash
crush1398
scrash1640
clash1686
1686 Amicable Accommodation 2 Being so near of a mind, we have yet been so long clashing Quills, as Adversaries.
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite iii, in Fables 62 At length the nodding Statue clash'd his Arms.
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 193. ⁋5 I can clash Swords when they represent a Battel.
1876 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest V. xxiv. 426 The ordinary freeman can no longer come in person to clash his arms, and raise his shout of ‘Yea, yea,’ or ‘Nay, nay’.
3.
a. intransitive. To come into violent and noisy collision.
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the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > collide > noisily
clash1708
1619 [implied in: E. M. Bolton tr. Florus Rom. Hist. iii. vi. 288 The beake-heads of our clashing gallies charge in ring vpon them. (at clashing adj. a)].
1708 J. C. Compl. Collier 13 in T. Nourse Mistery of Husbandry Discover'd (ed. 3) The Corves are subject to Clash and beat against the Shaft sides.
1770 O. Goldsmith Deserted Village 322 Tumultuous grandeur crowds the blazing square, The rattling chariots clash, the torches glare.
1826 W. Scott Woodstock I. ii. 53 The swords clashed smartly together..But the combat was of short duration.
1871 H. Alabaster Wheel of Law 146 It clashed loudly against the three bowls.
b. without the notion of noise.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > collide
hurtle1340
to strike together1340
thrusta1400
fray1483
concura1522
shock1575
to knock together1641
intershock1650
bulgea1676
collide1700
rencounter1712
clash1715
ding1874
bonk1947
1715 G. Cheyne Philos. Princ. Relig. (ed. 2) i. ii. 71 How many Millions of Candles..may we see sending out their Tides of Light, without clashing upon one another, which argues..the Smallness of the Parts of Light.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps ii. §1. 236 These two beams [of light] will clash and extinguish each other.
1871 J. Tyndall Fragm. Sci. (1879) I. i. 7 Two planets clash and come to rest.
4.
a. To come into, or engage in, conflict (with, against).
ΘΚΠ
society > society and the community > dissent > be in dissension or at variance [verb (intransitive)] > clash or come into conflict
to fall foul1601
jar1621
clash1622
collide1864
1622 F. Bacon Hist. Raigne Henry VII in Wks. (1861) VI. 269 Neither was there any queen-mother who might clash with his counsellors for authority.
1678 R. Cudworth tr. Plato in True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 892 When men had Clashed a good while, Doing and Suffering Injury, the Greater part..at length Compounded the business amongst themselves.
1719 E. Young Busiris iii. 31 When Nations against Nations clash in Arms.
1820 W. Hazlitt Lect. Dramatic Lit. 11 It is not possible that the learned professors and the reading public should clash.
b. figurative. To come into conflict; to conflict, be at variance; to interfere, be incompatible; to disagree (with). (The chief current use.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (intransitive)] > mutually (of things)
war1582
clash1646
the world > relative properties > order > disorder > disharmony or incongruity > be unharmonious or incongruous [verb (intransitive)] > be in opposition or conflict
thwart1519
jar?1541
interferea1644
clash1646
conflict1647
collide1864
1646 J. Hall Horæ Vacivæ 98 Their thoughts running parallel are not like to clash.
1653 H. More Second Lash of Alazonomastix (1713) 234 It does not at all clash with what we have already set down.
a1695 Z. Cradock Great End Christianity (1706) 11 Their Interests would no longer clash and interfere.
1827 T. Jarman Powell's Ess. Learning of Devises (ed. 3) II. 37 His lordship's statement..may seem to clash with Lord Eldon's.
1853 F. W. Robertson Serm. 3rd Ser. xvii. 215 It is with this intense passion for being that the idea of death clashes.
1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. i. ix. 220 The power thus assumed by the House of Lords clashes with the fundamental rights of the people.
1878 W. Black Green Pastures xxi. 169 Whenever her wishes clashed with his.
c. Of colours: to go badly together, to kill each other.
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1894 [implied in: Daily News 4 June 9/1 The Royal ladies' dresses were not of clashing hues. (at clashing adj. d)].
5. To strike in conflict, to attack with clashing or violence. (Cf. dash v. 1a.)
a. intransitive with at, against, into, etc.
ΘΚΠ
society > armed hostility > armed encounter > contending in battle > fight (a battle, etc.) [verb (transitive)] > meet in battle
meeteOE
to meet withc1325
abattlec1400
recounter1455
check1535
to come up against1535
entertain1555
yoke1581
cope1594
conflict1599
clash1650
engage1697
engage1698
1650 N. Ward Discolliminium 43 I suppose his intent therein is..to disparage it, having clash'd at it divers times in his Tract.
1852 Ld. Tennyson Ode Wellington vi. 21 He..Against the myriads of Assaye Clash'd with his fiery few and won.
1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God iii. 61 Ninety years after her handful of heroes had clashed into the countless hosts of Persia and routed them.
b. transitive.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > oppose [verb (transitive)]
withgo743
to go again ——OE
withsayc1175
again-goc1275
withsitc1300
thwarta1325
to go against ——a1382
counter1382
repugnc1384
adversea1393
craba1400
gainsaya1400
movec1400
overthwart?a1425
to put (also set) one's face againsta1425
traversea1425
contrairc1425
to take again ——c1425
contraryc1430
to take against ——a1450
opposec1485
again-seta1500
gain?a1500
oppone1500
transverse1532
to come up against1535
heave at1546
to be against1549
encounter1549
to set shoulder against1551
to fly in the face of1553
crossc1555
to cross with1590
countermand1592
forstand1599
opposit1600
thorter1608
obviate1609
disputea1616
obstrigillate1623
contradict1632
avert1635
to set one's hand against1635
top1641
militate1642
to come across ——1653
contrariate1656
to cross upon (or on)1661
shock1667
clash1685
rencounter1689
obtend1697
counteract1708
oppugnate1749
retroact?1761
controvert1782
react1795
to set against ——1859
appose-
1685 F. Spence tr. A. Varillas Άνεκδοτα Ὲτερουιακα 420 Crimes..that did not directly clash the authority of the Holy See..were neither call'd to account, nor punish'd.
1872 Ld. Tennyson Gareth & Lynette 71 Till at length Sir Gareth's brand Clash'd his, and brake it utterly to the hilt.
6. transitive. To strike (a person, etc.) heavily with anything that produces a clashing sound, e.g. with a pailful of liquid. Scottish.
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a1513 W. Dunbar Flyting in Poems (1998) I. 208 Sum claschis the, sum cloddis the on the cutis.
1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 12 Some there war at clash't their keytes Till they war fairly yether'd Wi' drink that day.
7. To throw (something) violently, so that it strikes with a clashing sound; nearly = dash v. 2a. Often with down. Scottish.
ΚΠ
1805 A. Scott Poems 178 (Jam.) Heavy dashes against me clashes Of sleet and rain that most fiercely blow.
1807 J. Stagg Misc. Poems (new ed.) 91 At Seymie's chafts she clash'd The whart, the glass at Jack she dash'd.
1889 N.E.D. at Clash Mod. Sc. They clashed pailfuls of water on the walls.
8. To bang, slam (a door, etc.). Obsolete exc. dialect.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > impact > impinge upon [verb (transitive)] > cause to impinge > with noise
clasha1637
thump1821
a1637 W. Lisle tr. Heliodorus Hist. Then Thisbe, as though some man thence made a breach, Cries out, th' adulter's gone, and clasht the dore.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. Clash,..to bang a door or shut it with violence...‘I clash'd the dore in his face’ Roxb.
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Clash, to clap heavily as a banged door.
9. intransitive. To move with violence and noise. dialect.
ΚΠ
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Clashing, said of the jolting of a carriage. ‘We com clashing alang’.
10. intransitive. To talk recklessly or maliciously; to gossip. Scottish.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > language > speech > conversation > converse [verb (intransitive)] > gossip
talea1225
talk1461
twittle1551
tattle1581
clasha1689
fetch-and-carry1770
gammer1788
chit-chat1821
rumour1832
nipper1840
coffee-house1861
cooze1870
chopse1879
skinder1942
scuttlebutt1945
to talk trash1947
gyaff1976
gist1992
tongue-wag-
society > communication > information > rumour > [verb (intransitive)] > bear tales or rumours
talea1225
tittlec1400
twittle1551
tattle1581
clavera1605
gossip1627
twita1643
clasha1689
fetch-and-carry1770
clype1843
clatfart1913
tattle-tale1918
labrish1935
a1689 W. Cleland Coll. Poems (1697) 98 I will not stay to Clash and Quibble About your Nignayes, I'll not nibble.
1722–30 A. Ramsay Caterpillar & Ant in Fables & Tales To stand up clashing with a thing, A creeping thing, the like of thee.
a1791 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 99 The mair they talk, I'm kend the better; E'en let them clash!
1876 F. K. Robinson Gloss. Words Whitby Clash, to noise in the gossiping way.
1880 W. H. Patterson Gloss. Words Antrim & Down ‘He went and clashed on me’.
11. to clash up (Scottish): (cf. to knock up.)
ΚΠ
a1694 A. Balfour Lett. (1700) ii. 52 Some few Rooms clacht up against the face of a Rock, like a Bird cage upon the side of a Wall.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) Clash up, To cause one object to adhere to another, by means of mortar, or otherwise. It generally implies the idea of projection on the part of the object adhering.
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- marginalization
- marginalizations
- marginalize
- marginalized
- marginalizes
- marginalizing
- marginally
- marginals
- marginant
- marginate
- marginated
- marginates
- marginating
- margination
- marginations
- margincell
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