单词 | dash |
释义 | dashn.1 1. A violent blow, stroke, impact, or collision, such as smashes or might smash.With quot. 1587 cf. dash v. 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > [noun] > forcible, heavy, or violent piltinga1250 racec1330 squatc1350 dasha1375 percussion?a1425 peise1490 poise1490 dashing1580 gulp1598 jolt1599 feeze1603 slam1622 arietation1625 pash1677 pulse1677 jounce1784 smash1808 smashing1821 dush1827 birr1830 dunch1831 whop1895 a1375 Lay-Folks Mass-bk. App. iv. 351 Wiþ his hed he yaf a dasch Aȝeyn þe Marbelston. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur x. lxxix Syr Ector..gaf sire Palomydes suche a dasshe with a swerd. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 1153/2 He offered to hir his cloke, which she (putting it backe with hir hand with a good dash) refused. 1690 W. Walker Idiomatologia Anglo-Lat. 22 Let me alone, or I will give you a dash on the teeth. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World ii. 86 The Water falling sometimes from a Height..and meeting in the Passage with many Dashes and Interruptions. 1744 J. Thomson Summer in Seasons (new ed.) 101 The Dash of Clouds, or irritating War Of fighting Winds. 1859 E. Bulwer-Lytton What will he do with It? (1st Edinb. ed.) I. i. v. 38 Whistling..in time to the dash of the oars. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb] soonc825 ratheeOE rathelyeOE rekeneOE rekenlyOE thereright971 anonOE forth ona1000 coflyc1000 ferlyc1000 radlyOE swiftlyc1000 unyoreOE yareOE at the forme (also first) wordOE nowOE shortlya1050 rightOE here-rightlOE right anonlOE anonc1175 forthrightc1175 forthwithalc1175 skeetc1175 swithc1175 with and withc1175 anon-rightc1225 anon-rights?c1225 belivec1225 lightly?c1225 quickly?c1225 tidelyc1225 fastlyc1275 hastilyc1275 i-radlichec1275 as soon asc1290 aright1297 bedenea1300 in little wevea1300 withoute(n dwella1300 alrightc1300 as fast (as)c1300 at firstc1300 in placec1300 in the placec1300 mididonec1300 outrightc1300 prestc1300 streck13.. titec1300 without delayc1300 that stounds1303 rada1325 readya1325 apacec1325 albedenec1330 as (also also) titec1330 as blivec1330 as line rightc1330 as straight as linec1330 in anec1330 in presentc1330 newlyc1330 suddenlyc1330 titelyc1330 yernec1330 as soon1340 prestly1340 streckly1340 swithly?1370 evenlya1375 redelya1375 redlya1375 rifelya1375 yeplya1375 at one blastc1380 fresha1382 ripelyc1384 presentc1385 presently1385 without arrestc1385 readilyc1390 in the twinkling of a looka1393 derflya1400 forwhya1400 skeetlya1400 straighta1400 swifta1400 maintenantc1400 out of handc1400 wightc1400 at a startc1405 immediately1420 incontinent1425 there and then1428 onenec1429 forwithc1430 downright?a1439 agatec1440 at a tricec1440 right forth1440 withouten wonec1440 whipc1460 forthwith1461 undelayed1470 incessantly1472 at a momentc1475 right nowc1475 synec1475 incontinently1484 promptly1490 in the nonce?a1500 uncontinent1506 on (upon, in) the instant1509 in short1513 at a clap1519 by and by1526 straightway1526 at a twitch1528 at the first chop1528 maintenantly1528 on a tricea1529 with a tricec1530 at once1531 belively1532 straightwaysa1533 short days1533 undelayedly1534 fro hand1535 indelayedly1535 straight forth1536 betimesc1540 livelyc1540 upononc1540 suddenly1544 at one (or a) dash?1550 at (the) first dash?1550 instantly1552 forth of hand1564 upon the nines1568 on the nail1569 at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572 indilately1572 summarily1578 at one (a) chop1581 amain1587 straightwise1588 extempore1593 presto1598 upon the place1600 directly1604 instant1604 just now1606 with a siserary1607 promiscuously1609 at (in) one (an) instant1611 on (also upon) the momenta1616 at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617 hand to fist1634 fastisha1650 nextly1657 to rights1663 straightaway1663 slap1672 at first bolt1676 point-blank1679 in point1680 offhand1686 instanter1688 sonica1688 flush1701 like a thought1720 in a crack1725 momentary1725 bumbye1727 clacka1734 plumba1734 right away1734 momentarily1739 momentaneously1753 in a snap1768 right off1771 straight an end1778 abruptedly1784 in a whistle1784 slap-bang1785 bang?1795 right off the reel1798 in a whiff1800 in a flash1801 like a shot1809 momently1812 in a brace or couple of shakes1816 in a gird1825 (all) in a rush1829 in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830 straightly1830 toot sweetc1830 in two twos1838 rectly1843 quick-stick1844 short metre1848 right1849 at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854 off the hooks1860 quicksticks1860 straight off1873 bang off1886 away1887 in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890 ek dum1895 tout de suite1895 bung1899 one time1899 prompt1910 yesterday1911 in two ups1934 presto changeo1946 now-now1966 presto change1987 ?1550 J. Bale Apol. agaynste Papyst 37 (R.) He heapeth me in, an whole halfe leafe at a dash, out of Saynt Augustyne. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 1 (1623) i. iii. 50 She takes vpon her brauely at first dash . View more context for this quotation 1627 H. Leslie Serm. before His Majesty 4 Wee are not made absolute entire Christians at the first dash. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon ii. v. 202 So brisk an Article as this at first dash, and before the King would proceed to any further Treaty..would startle the Spanish Gravity. 1681 W. Robertson Phraseologia generalis (1693) 753 What? At first dash so to jear and frump your friend? 1699 W. Hacke Coll. Orig. Voy. ii. 9 In..danger, to lose both our Lives and all our substance at one dash. 1710 True Acct. Last Distemper T. Whigg ii. 48 Designing to immortalize himself and his Patron at a Dash. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > adversity > calamity or misfortune > [noun] > misfortune or ill-luck > instance of misfortune or ill-luck > severe or sudden shake1565 cut1568 dash1580 knock1649 shock1654 blow1678 stroke1686 black eye1712 1580 Apol. Pr. Orange in Phœnix (1721) I. 450 That the Course of his Life be found blessed..without any dash, blow, stumbling. 1629 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. v. 48 I have received many..dashes and heavy strokes, since the Lord called me to the ministry. 1637 S. Rutherford Lett. (1863) I. 287 The glory of manifested justice in giving of His foes a dash. a1732 T. Boston Memoirs (1776) vii. 135 This gave me a sore dash. 4. a. The violent throwing and breaking of water (or other liquid) upon or against anything; a splash; a sudden heavy fall of rain; †concrete a portion of water splashed up. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > [noun] > an instance or the result of dash1570 dashing1591 splasha1822 splosh1857 splather1877 1570 P. Levens Manipulus Vocabulorum sig. Ciiiv/1 A Dashe, labes, aspersio. 1612 T. Taylor Αρχὴν Ἁπάντων: Comm. Epist. Paul to Titus i. 8 To giue her harbour..till the dash and storme be ouer. 1686 W. Harris tr. N. Lémery Course Chym. (ed. 2) ii. xiv. 452 During the ebullition..a great many little dashes of water do fly about. 1699 B. E. New Dict. Canting Crew at Gust We say a Dash of Rain, for a sudden, short, impetuous Beat of Rain. 1804 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 12 247 Dr. Macneil seems..to think the sponging is better than the dash. 1848 E. C. Gaskell Mary Barton I. v. 80 He's coming round finely, now he's had a dash of cowd water. b. The sound of dashing; esp. the splashing sound of water striking or being struck. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > sound of water > [noun] > splashing plashing1542 flounce1622 dash1785 plash1808 splasha1822 splosh1857 slush1880 sloshing1888 sploshing1929 1785 W. Cowper Task i. 186 Music not unlike The dash of Ocean on his winding shore. 1820 W. Scott Abbot III. viii. 266 Why did ye not muffle the oars?..the dash must awaken the centinel. 5. a. A small portion (of colour, etc.) as it were dashed or thrown carelessly upon a surface. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > [noun] > splash of colour dash1713 splash1832 stab1894 splatter1969 1713 G. Berkeley in Guardian 7 May 2/2 The rosie dashes of Light which adorn the Clouds of the Morning and Evening. 1884 J. T. Bent in Macmillan's Mag. Oct. 426/1 Syra is almost entirely a white town, relieved now and again by a dash of yellow wash. b. A small quantity (of something) thrown into or mingled as a qualifying admixture with something else; an infusion, touch, tinge. Usually figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount speckc725 littleOE somethingc1200 lutewihtc1230 little whatc1384 ouncec1387 lap1393 smalla1400 modicumc1400 nekedc1400 spota1413 tinec1420 nieveful?a1425 handfulc1443 mouthful?c1450 smatchc1456 weec1480 quern1503 halfpennyworth1533 groatsworth1562 dram1566 shellful1578 trickle1580 snatch1592 sprinkling1594 fleck1598 snip1598 pittance1600 lick1603 fingerful1604 modicum1606 thimbleful1607 flash1614 dasha1616 pipa1616 pickle1629 drachm1635 cue1654 smack1693 starn1720 bit1753 kenning1787 minikin1787 tate1805 starnie1808 sprat1815 harl1821 skerrick1825 smallums1828 huckleberry1832 scrimp1840 thimble1841 smite1843 nattering1859 sensation1859 spurt1859 pauchlea1870 mention1891 sketch1894 sputterings1894 scrappet1901 titch1937 tad1940 skosh1959 smattering1973 the world > relative properties > quantity > smallness of quantity, amount, or degree > [noun] > a small quantity or amount > a slight touch or trace specec1330 taste1390 lisounc1400 savourc1400 smatcha1500 smell?a1505 spice1531 smack1539 shadow1586 surmise1586 relish1590 tang1593 touch1597 stain1609 tincture1612 dasha1616 soula1616 twanga1640 whiff1644 haut-goût1650 casta1661 stricturea1672 tinge1736 tinct1752 vestige1756 smattering1764 soupçon1766 smutch1776 shade1791 suspicion1809 lineament1811 trait1815 tint1817 trace1827 skiff1839 spicing1844 smudgea1871 ghost1887 a1616 W. Shakespeare Winter's Tale (1623) v. ii. 112 Now (had I not the dash of my former life in me) would Preferment drop on my head. View more context for this quotation 1678 R. Cudworth True Intellect. Syst. Universe i. v. 892 A thing..not Sincerely Good, but such as hath a great Dash or Dose of Evil blended with it. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World x. 293 It makes most delicate Punch; but it must have a dash of Brandy to hearten it. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 299. ¶2 I..resolved that my Descendents should have a Dash of good Blood in their Veins. 1820 W. Irving Sketch Bk. I. 335 There was a dash of eccentricity and enterprize in his character. ΚΠ a1672 A. Wood Life (1848) 161 He gave A. W. a dash of his office. 6. A hasty stroke of the pen. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > handwriting or style of > formation of letters > [noun] > stroke linea1382 tittlec1384 stroke1567 minim1587 pot-hook1611 dash1615 hair-stroke1634 hook1668 foot stroke1676 stem1676 duct1699 hanger1738 downstroke?1760 hairline1846 up-stroke1848 skit1860 pot-crook1882 ligature1883 coupling-stroke1906 bow1914 ductus1922 ascender1934 1615 J. Stephens Ess. & Characters (new ed.) 414 And thus by meere chaunce with a little dash I have drawne the picture of a Pigmey. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 310 With one dash to blot it out of the holy Calender. 1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 20 That this was done by the temerarious dashes of an unguided Pen. 1803 J. Mackintosh Def. Peltier in Wks. (1846) III. 246 Fifty Imperial towns have been erased from the list of independent states, by one dash of the pen. 7. A stroke or line (usually short and straight) made with a pen or the like, or resembling one so made: spec. Thesaurus » Categories » a. Such a mark drawn through writing for erasure. Thesaurus » Categories » b. A stroke forming part of a letter or other written or printed character, or used as a flourish in writing. Thesaurus » c. A horizontal stroke of varying length (-, —, ——) used in writing or printing to mark a pause or break in a sentence, a parenthetic clause, an omission of words or letters or of the intermediate terms of a series, to separate distinct portions of matter, or for other purposes; sometimes implying the use of strong language; hence as a mild substitute for devil. Categories » d. Music. A short vertical mark (ˈ) placed above or beneath a note to indicate that it is to be performed staccato. e. A linear marking, as if made with a pen, on the wings of insects, etc. ΚΠ 1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Dashe or stryke with a penne, litura. 1594 T. Blundeville Exercises i. iv. f. 6 Hauing cancelled the first figure of the multiplyer, by making a Dash through it with your pen. 1607 T. Dekker & J. Webster West-ward Hoe ii. sig. C Marke her dashes, & her strokes, and her breakings, and her bendings? 1612 J. Brinsley Ludus Lit. xiii. 177 Making a dash with a pen vnder euery falt. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 470. ¶10 The Transcriber, who probably mistook the Dash of the I. for a T. 1733 J. Swift On Poetry 8 In modern Wit all printed Trash, is Set off with num'rous Breaks —— and Dashes —. 1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 168 The Dash, though often used improperly..may be introduced with propriety, where the sentence breaks off abruptly, where a significant pause is required, or where there is an unexpected turn in the sentiment. 1848 E. F. Rimbault First Bk. Pianoforte 63 The Dash requires a more separate and distinct manner of performance than the Point. 1880 J. Muirhead Inst. of Gaius & Rules of Ulpian Introd. p. xiii Passages that are illegible in the MS...are indicated by dashes, thus — — —. 1883 R. Gower My Reminisc. II. xxviii. 259 Who the Dash is this person..and what the Dash does he here? 1899 A. Nicholas Idyl of Wabash (ed. 2) 64 A dreadful thought which if put in print would have contained a dash. f. One of the two signals (the other being the dot) which in various combinations make up the letters of the Morse alphabet. Also dash-and-dot, more usually dot-and-dash (dot n.1 and prep. Compounds). ΘΚΠ society > communication > telecommunication > telegraphy or telephony > telegraphy > [noun] > telegraphic message > code > Morse code > signs in dot1838 dash1859 long1867 short1891 dah1942 dit1942 V-sign1959 1859 T. P. Shaffner Telegr. Man. 469 Whether the dots, spaces, and dashes be long or short, they should be uniform. 1873 F. Jenkin Electr. & Magn. xxii. §4 Morse signals are sent by a simple key... A short depression or mere tap sends the short elementary signal technically called a dot; a longer depression sends the second elementary signal technically called a dash. 1882 Ogilvie's Imperial Dict. (new ed.) Suppl. Dash-and-dot, consisting of dashes and dots; as, the dash-and-dot alphabet. 1916 J. Buchan Greenmantle xx. 268 The sound was regular and concerted—dot, dash, dot—dash, dot, dot…the longs and shorts of the Morse Code. 1942 Electronic Engin. 15 36 On automatic sending it transmits S.O.S. three times followed by a long dash. 8. A sudden impetuous movement, a rush; a sudden vigorous attack or onset. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > [noun] > impetuous > a headlong course or rush ram-race1513 fling1556 loose1700 dash1809 fudder1866 1809 Adm. Cochrane in Naval Chron. 26 164 Our loss in this little dash has..been severe. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. v. 73 He..made up his mind..to make a dash..for something more than a mere speaking acquaintance. 1885 Manch. Examiner 25 Feb. 5/2 The dash was successfully made across the desert to Metammeh. 9. a. Spirited vigour of action; capacity for prompt and vigorous action. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > [noun] greennesseOE lustinessc1325 forcea1375 vigourc1386 virrc1575 vigour1602 nerve1605 vivacity1649 vis1650 actuosity1660 amenity1661 vogue1674 energy1783 smeddum1790 dash1796 throughput1808 feck1811 go1825 steam1826 jism1842 vim1843 animalism1848 fizz1856 jasm1860 verve1863 snap1865 sawdusta1873 élan1880 stingo1885 energeticism1891 sprawl1894 zip1899 pep1908 jazz1912 zoom1926 toe1963 zap1968 stank1997 1796 Mod. Gulliver's Trav. 50 I began now to suspect I was with sharpers..and correcting my dash, betted cautiously. 1808 Duke of Wellington Dispatches (1837) IV. 95 The affair..was occasioned..by the imprudence of the officer, and the dash and eagerness of the men. 1866 D. Livingstone Jrnl. I. v. 120 In dash and courage they are deficient. b. to do one's dash (Australian colloquial), see quots. 1916, 1966; to have a dash (at) (colloquial), to make an attempt. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)] fandOE assayc1300 tryc1315 provec1330 adventurea1387 sayc1390 paina1400 havec1400 practisea1450 afforcec1487 afond1488 attempta1538 procure1574 endeavour1581 offer1611 poacha1616 attent1620 to venture at1623 essay1641 attentate1656 smacka1657 tempt1697 to try at1794 to have a go1802 to make a (good, poor, etc.) fist1833 tackle1847 to have or take a whack at1891 to make (or have, etc.) a stab at (something)1895 to have a dash (at)1916 1916 C. J. Dennis Songs Sentimental Bloke (new ed.) 121 To do one's dash, to reach one's Waterloo. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves iii. 37 The blighter's manner was so cold and unchummy that I bit the bullet and had a dash at being airy. 1930 P. G. Wodehouse Very Good, Jeeves 147 I supposed I had better have a dash at it and get it over. 1966 G. W. Turner Eng. Lang. in Austral. & N.Z. vii. 152 It is tempting to wonder whether the expression ‘he's done his dash’ meaning ‘he is played out’, ‘he has done all he can’ is connected with the gold-miner's dashing. 10. A gay or showy appearance, display, parade: usually in to cut a dash, to make a display (see cut v. 25), in Scottish to cast a dash. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] brandishc1340 ruffle1484 braga1556 swash1556 flourish1563 flaunt1566 prank1567 prink1573 to shake, wag the feather1581 peacockize1598 air1605 display1608 to launch it out1608 flasha1616 to cut it out1619 flare1633 vapour1652 peacock1654 spark1676 to gallantrize it1693 bosh1709 glare1712 to cut a bosh1726 to show away1728 to figure away, off1749 parade1749 to cut a dashc1771 dash1786 to cut up1787 to cut a flash1795 to make, or cut, a splash1804 swank1809 to come out strong1825 to cut a spludge1831 to cut it (too) fat1836 pavonize1838 splurge1844 to do the grand1847 to cut a swath1848 to cut a splurge1860 to fan out1860 spread1860 skyre1871 fluster1876 to strut one's stuff1926 showboat1937 floss1938 style1968 1715 A. Pennecuik Geogr., Hist. Descr. Tweeddale 16 Large and orderly Terrace Walks, which in their Summer Verdure cast a bonny Dash at distance. c1771 S. Foote Maid of Bath i. 19 The squire don't intend to cut a dash till the spring. a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 138 Daft gowk..Are ye come here..To cast a dash at Reikie's cross..? 1842 Peter Parley's Ann. 246 Mrs. Cloff was for cutting a dash, giving large dinner-parties. 1887 Punch 12 Mar. 125/1 My wife and girls will wish to cut a dash. 11. Sporting. (a) A race run in one heat. U.S. (b) A sprint. U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > [noun] > types of race quarter-mile1611 dead1635 diaulos1706 quarter1779 dead heat1796 match race1804 dash1836 sprint race1836 mile1851 road race1852 time trial1857 decider1858 all-ages1864 rough-up1864 hippodrome1867 distance running1868 team race1869 run-off1873 relay race1878 walk-away1879 title race1905 tortoise race1913 procession1937 stage1943 pace1968 prologue1973 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > race run in one heat dash1836 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > racing or race > racing on foot > [noun] > racing specific distance dash1836 middle distance1885 marathon1896 miling1913 four-minute mile1955 ultra1977 ultra-running1978 ultra-run1986 1836 Spirit of Times (N.Y.) 20 Feb. 5/3 Or, I will make two races, for one thousand dollars each, give you fifty yards in a dash of one mile, and one hundred yards in a dash of two miles. 1881 Standard 7 Sept. 5/2 They have certainly coined..the word ‘dash’, to signify a race run in one heat. 1895 Chicago Tribune 24 May 11/4 At least three of the rivals likely to meet in the 100-yard dash are said to be capable of tying the intercollegiate record. 1948 P.C.C. Chron. (Pasadena, Calif.) 31 Mar. 4/5 Anderson took a third in the open 100 yard dash. 1957 Encycl. Brit. XIX. 665/1 Distances up to and including 220 yd. are, in the United States, called dashes. 12. a. = dashboard n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > carriage for conveying persons > [noun] > parts of > board or leather apron at front apron1790 dashing-leather1794 knee-boot1794 splashing-board1809 splash-board1826 boot1828 dashboard1847 apron-cloth1857 dasher1858 dash1868 splasher1887 storm apron1895 1868 Ann. Rep. Commissioner Patents 1867 I. 481/2 in U.S. Congress. Serial Set (40th Congr., 2nd Sess.: House of Representatives Executive Doc. 96) X Carriage Boot..January 15, 1867. The apron is combined with a dash cover. 1874 in E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. 1893 (used by an Oxford coach-builder in letter). 1911 J. C. Lincoln Cap'n Warren's Wards ii. 15 He says the buggy dash is pretty well scratched up. b. Now esp. in motor vehicles; = dashboard n. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > instrument panel or dashboard instrument board1839 instrument panel1897 dash1902 dashboard1904 fascia-board1924 fascia1955 fascia-panel1957 1902 R. Kipling in Windsor Mag. Dec. 13/2 Kysh's hands juggling with the levers behind the discreet backward sloping dash. 1906 Daily Chron. 14 Nov. 9/3 The coil and commutator, being fixed on the dash, are always in front of the driver. 1919 Autocar Handbk. (ed. 9) 253 A second lamp placed somewhere on the dash. 1929 Daily Express 10 Jan. 3/1 The car is fitted with electrical devices with lights on the dashfront to keep the driver informed when anything goes wrong with the lubrication or the ignition. 1944 Coast to Coast 1943 163 They got in the truck and by the light from the dash Black read the slip. 1966 M. Woodhouse Tree Frog xxvii. 205 I fitted the key into the truck's dash and backed off. 13. The dasher n. of a churn, esp. the plunger of the old upright or dash-churn; hence dash-boards, the fixed beaters in a barrel-churn. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > churning butter > churning-staff churn-staff?a1500 churning-staff1768 dash1796 plunger1838 churning-stick1840 churn-dasher1845 dasher1847 churn-dash1860 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation of dairy produce > [noun] > churning butter > churn churnc1000 kirn1338 butter churn1577 churning-tub1580 barrel-churn1741 plunge churn1793 box churn1810 table churn1828 dash-churn1865 churner1888 1796 in Repertory of Arts (1797) VII. 290 Specification of the Patent granted to Mr. William Raley, of Newbald, in the East Riding of Yorkshire. November 10, 1796... O, the moving dashes or breakers. 1847 in J. O. Halliwell Dict. Archaic & Provinc. Words 1865 Harper's Mag. Mar. 541/2 Last summer Joe bought an old-fashioned dash churn. 1877 in E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. 1963 Times 18 May 11/5 Meadar loinithe is a plunging or dash churn. Compounds dash-guard n. the metal plate which protects the platform of a tram-car from being splashed by the horses. dash-lamp n. a carriage lamp fixed in the centre of the dashboard or ‘dash’. dash-light n. a light on the dashboard of a motor vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > powered vehicle > parts and equipment of motor vehicles > [noun] > instrument panel or dashboard > lights on telltale1905 dash-light1926 1926 Catholic Mirror June 47 ‘Don't they call this the dash light?’ she queried, fingering the little nickel-plated illuminator. 1935 M. G. Eberhart Cases of Susan Dare 285 His mouth tightened in the little glow from the dashlight. ΚΠ 1684 R. Howlett School Recreat. 120 The dash Lines..above and below, are added only when the Notes ascend above the Staff, or descend below it. dash-rule n. Printing a ‘rule’ or strip of metal for printing a dash across a column or page. ΚΠ 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Dash-rule. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). dashn.2 A gift, present, gratuity; = dashee n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > gift or present > [noun] givec888 lakeOE presentc1230 giftc1275 garrison1297 benefit1377 beneficec1380 givinga1382 handsela1393 donativec1430 oblation1433 propine1448 presentationc1460 don1524 sportule1538 premie?1548 first penny1557 donation1577 exhibition1579 donary1582 fairing1584 merced1589 gifture1592 meed1613 recado1615 regalo1622 regale1649 dation1656 compliment1702 dashee1705 dash1788 cadeau1808 bestowment1837 potlatch1844 prez.1919 Harry Freeman's1925 pressie1933 1788 A. Falconbridge Acct. Slave Trade 7 The Kings of Bonny..to whom..they usually make presents (in that country termed dashes). 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Dash, the present with which bargains are sealed on the coast of Africa. 1881 J. E. H. Thomson Mem. G. Thomson ix. 119 We called in the head man and gave him a dash proportioned to the kindness with which he had received us. Derivatives dash v.2 to give a present to, to ‘tip’. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > giving > give [verb (transitive)] > give as a present or make a present of > give present to dashee1735 dash1861 1861 P. B. Du Chaillu Explor. Equatorial Afr. xiii. 191 I..offered to dash him (give him some presents). 1881 J. E. H. Thomson Mem. G. Thomson x. 139 The head man had dashed him a hog. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2018). dashv. I. Transitive senses. 1. a. To strike with violence so as to break into fragments; to break in pieces by a violent stroke or collision; to smash. Now generally with complement, as to dash to pieces; but the simple dash is still said of the action of wind or rain in beating, bruising, and disfiguring flowers or plants. ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (transitive)] > beat or dash to pieces to-slaya700 to-beatc893 to-torvec1000 to-hurtc1230 to-busta1250 to-dashc1275 dash1297 crazec1369 to-bray1382 to-flap1382 quasha1387 to-rusha1387 astone1440 stun1470 beat1570 to-swinge- 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 51 Þe pykes smyte hem þoru out..And daschte and a dreynte fourty schippes. 1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 540 [Thei] with axes thuder come, & that ȝat to hewe, & to dasse. c1330 Arth. & Merl. 9051 (Mätz.) The hors chine he dassed a-to. a1616 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 (1623) iii. ii. 98 The splitting Rockes..would not dash me with their ragged sides. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 8 A braue vessell..Dash'd all to peeces. View more context for this quotation 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 142 As if one should with his foote dash a little childs house of oystershels. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. i. 116 He fell amongst the rocks, and was dashed to pieces. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 101 Altho' we dash'd Your cities into shards with catapults. 1892 S. R. Gardiner Student's Hist. Eng. 11 The waves had dashed to pieces a large number of his ships. 1894 N.E.D. at Dash Mod. The roses were beautiful, before they were so dashed by the wind and rain. b. To strike violently against.Without implication of smashing. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > impinge upon [verb (transitive)] > forcibly or violently beatOE to run against ——a1425 smitec1450 quash1548 dash1611 kick1667 lashc1694 daud?1719 besmite1829 buck1861 tund1885 ram1897 prang1942 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Talemouser, to cuffe, or dash on the lips. 1624 Aphor. of State in Harl. Misc. (Malh.) III. 495 With the like thunderbolt, to dash the heads of the sacred Empire. 1776 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall I. xxv. 746 The oars of Theodosius dashed the waves of the Hyperborean ocean. 1847 J. Martineau Endeavours Christian Life II. viii. 136 Like brilliant islands..vainly dashed by the dark waters of human history. 2. a. To knock, drive, throw, or thrust (away, down, out, etc.) with a violent stroke or collision. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > violently shoveOE swengea1225 slata1250 sleata1250 dashc1290 thringa1300 hurlc1305 lashc1330 to ding downc1380 rampenc1390 dinga1400 reelc1400 rash1485 flounce1582 squat1658 ram1718 whang1820 slug1862 slam1870 c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 344/147 And daschte þe tiez [= teeth] out of is heued. a1400–50 Alexander 3882 A brand and a briȝt schild bremely he hentis..Dasches dragons doun. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet iv. iii. 53 I shall..Dash out my franticke braines. View more context for this quotation 1664 H. More Modest Enq. Myst. Iniquity 268 It [rain] is naturally drunk in, not dash'd in by force. 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Æneis v, in tr. Virgil Wks. 383 The brushing Oars, and brazen prow Dash up the sandy Waves. 1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth ii, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. I. 64 Dashing from him the snake which was about to sting him. 1833 H. Martineau Manch. Strike (new ed.) x. 112 While she, dashing away her tears, looked for something to do. ΚΠ 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. clvii. 191 Then thenglyshmen dashed forthe their horses after the frenchmen. 1523 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles I. cccxlii. 538 Lorde Langurant..couched his speare..and so dyde Bernarde, and dasshed to their horses. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. 922/2 The king..pulled downe his visar..and dashed out such a pleasant countenance and cheere, that all..reioised verie much. 3. To throw, thrust, drive, or impel (something) against, upon, into (something else) with a violence that breaks or smashes; to impel (a thing) into violent and destructive contact with something: a. a solid body. (Also figurative) ΚΠ 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 507/1 He dasshed my heed agaynst the postes. 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 24 He foorthwith dashed his spurres into his horse and fled. 1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. ii. xiii. §8. 444 In so doing he dasheth himselfe against a notable Text. 1720 W. R. Chetwood Voy. Capt. R. Falconer ii. 8 Least another Wave should dash me against it [sc. the rock]. 1820 W. Scoresby Acct. Arctic Regions I. 401 A violent storm of wind dashed her..stern first, against a floe of ice. 1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. I. vii. 122 [He] dashed his right fist full against one of the panels. b. To splash (water or other liquid) violently upon or against something. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of splashing > splash [verb (transitive)] > violently dash1697 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics i, in tr. Virgil Wks. 63 The Waves on heaps are dash'd against the Shoar. View more context for this quotation 1839 T. Beale Nat. Hist. Sperm Whale 350 Dashing the salt water in our faces. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > testing > accusation, charge > make accusation [phrase] to bear (a person or thing) in (also an, a, on) handc1300 to lay the blame on1393 to give the wrong to?1473 to lay in (his) neckc1515 to cast (any one) in the teeth1526 to cast (a thing) in one's teeth1526 to lay to (also cast in) a person's nose1526 to dash one in the teeth with (something)1530 call to or in coram1542 to cast (also lay, throw) (something) in one's dish1551 to throw (cast) a stone or stones (at)1568 to cast up1604 to nail to the barn door1894 the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > so as to hit something > forcibly or violently smitec1300 pashc1390 beswak?a1513 dash1530 smashc1800 slap1836 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 507/1 I dasshe one in the tethe with a lye or a glosynge tale, Jembouche..What nedest thou to dasshe me in the tethe with the monaye thou haste lente me. 4. a. To bespatter or splash (a thing) with anything (e.g. water or mud) cast with force or violence upon or against it. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > soil [verb (transitive)] > splash or splatter slotterc1340 again-sprengea1382 resperse1482 besparkle1485 besperple1529 dash1530 bespattle1551 slobber1554 bespurt1579 besquatter1611 besquirt1611 bespurtle1616 bespatter1674 splash1699 spatter1718 spark1806 spluttera1869 splatter1888 the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > condition of being or making very wet > make very wet [verb (transitive)] drenchc1000 washc1275 drowna1300 drunkena1300 drunka1382 bewetc1400 bedrenchc1450 bucka1513 sowp1513 drooka1522 sousea1542 soaken1577 overdrown1579 soss1587 embay1590 steep1590 overdrencha1592 embathe1593 indrench1593 imbue1594 douse1606 besob1609 bucket1621 sob1625 dash1670 sop1682 saturate1696 float1729 water1754 sodden1812 douche1864 poach1881 tosh1883 sod1895 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 507/1 I dasshe, I araye with myer, Je crotte. Your horse hath all to dasshed me. 1670 J. Milton Hist. Brit. vi. 273 The Sea..came rowling on, and without reverence both wet and dash'd him. 1694 Acct. Several Late Voy. (1711) ii. 166 Some Whales blow Blood to the very last..and these dash the Men in the Long-boats most filthily. 1785 H. Walpole Mod. Gardening (R.) Vast basins of marble dashed with perpetual cascades. 1874 F. G. D. Bedford Sailor's Pocket Bk. viii. 263 The face may be dashed with cold water. b. To put out (fire) by dashing water upon it. ΚΠ a1616 W. Shakespeare Tempest (1623) i. ii. 5 But that the Sea..Dashes the fire out. View more context for this quotation 1843 C. Dickens Martin Chuzzlewit (1844) xxvii. 325 Rows of fire-buckets for dashing out a conflagration. c. past participle. Marked as with splashes. ΚΠ 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. xliv. 202 Floures..poudered or dashte with small spottes. 1797 R. Beilby & T. Bewick Hist. Brit. Birds I. 195 The top of the head, the back, and the tail black; the rump is dashed with ash. 1850 Ld. Tennyson In Memoriam lxxxi. 113 Deep tulips dasht with fiery dew. View more context for this quotation 1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xxvii. 452 The sea was dashed with a wild glare of crimson. 5. a. To affect or qualify (anything) with an element of a different strain thrown into it; to mingle, temper, qualify, dilute with some (usually inferior) admixture. Also figurative. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > condition or state of being mixed or blended > mix or blend [verb (transitive)] > add as ingredient to a mixture > qualify by admixture > adulterate adulterc1384 feigna1398 sophisticatec1400 infect?1440 counterfeit1495 adulterate?1526 dash1548 falsify1562 elay1573 abuse1574 base1581 corrupt1581 debase1591 adulterize1593 compass1594 sophisticate1604 allay1634 huckster1642 hucksterize1646 cauponize1652 alloy1661 balderdash1674 impurify1693 doctor1726 vitiate1728 sand1851 dope1898 1548 R. Crowley Confut. N. Shaxton A. iii. (R.) Youre sermons dashed ful of sorowful teares and depe sighings. 1584 T. Cogan Hauen of Health cvii. 95 Boyle them [sc. fruit] againe with sufficient sugar, to dash them with sweete water. a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) i. 32 Notable Virtues are sometimes dashed with notorious Vices. 1684 tr. T. Bonet Guide Pract. Physician v. 137 Vinegar..dashed with water..is an Antidote against drunkenness. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 267. ¶8 To dash the Truth with Fiction. 1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton vi Dash the lemonade with a little maraschino. 1853 R. C. Trench On Lessons in Proverbs 141 The pleasures of sin..are largely dashed with its pains. b. Coal Mining. To mix (fire-damp) with air till the mixture ceases to be inflammable. ΚΠ 1849 G. C. Greenwell Gloss. Terms Coal Trade Northumberland & Durham 21 Dashing Air, mixing air and gas together, until..the mixture ceases to be inflammable. 6. figurative. To destroy, ruin, confound, bring to nothing, frustrate, spoil (a design, enterprise, hope, etc.): cf. smash v.1 In 16–17th centuries the usual word for the rejection of a bill in Parliament, and frequent in various applications; now Obsolete except in to dash (any one's) hopes. (Cf. 7.) ΘΚΠ the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > destroy [verb (transitive)] > bring to ruin or put an end to undoc950 shendOE forfarea1000 endc1000 to do awayOE aquenchc1175 slayc1175 slayc1175 stathea1200 tinea1300 to-spilla1300 batec1300 bleschea1325 honisha1325 leesea1325 wastec1325 stanch1338 corrumpa1340 destroy1340 to put awayc1350 dissolvec1374 supplanta1382 to-shend1382 aneantizec1384 avoidc1384 to put outa1398 beshenda1400 swelta1400 amortizec1405 distract1413 consumec1425 shelfc1425 abroge1427 downthringc1430 kill1435 poisonc1450 defeat1474 perish1509 to blow away1523 abrogatea1529 to prick (also turn, pitch) over the perka1529 dash?1529 to bring (also send) to (the) pot1531 put in the pot1531 wipea1538 extermine1539 fatec1540 peppera1550 disappoint1563 to put (also set) beside the saddle1563 to cut the throat of1565 to throw (also turn, etc.) over the perch1568 to make a hand of (also on, with)1569 demolish1570 to break the neck of1576 to make shipwreck of1577 spoil1578 to knock on (in) the head (also rarely at head)1579 cipher1589 ruinate1590 to cut off by the shins1592 shipwreck1599 exterminate1605 finish1611 damnify1612 ravel1614 braina1616 stagger1629 unrivet1630 consummate1634 pulverizea1640 baffle1649 devil1652 to blow up1660 feague1668 shatter1683 cook1708 to die away1748 to prove fatal (to)1759 to knock up1764 to knock (or kick) the hindsight out or off1834 to put the kibosh on1834 to cook (rarely do) one's goose1835 kibosh1841 to chaw up1843 cooper1851 to jack up1870 scuttle1888 to bugger up1891 jigger1895 torpedo1895 on the fritz1900 to put paid to1901 rot1908 down and out1916 scuppera1918 to put the skids under1918 stonker1919 liquidate1924 to screw up1933 cruel1934 to dig the grave of1934 pox1935 blow1936 to hit for six1937 to piss up1937 to dust off1938 zap1976 ?1529 S. Fish Supplicacyon for Beggers sig. A5 He shal be excommunicate and then be all his accions dasshed. 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) I. 240/1 All the hope of Anselme was dasht. 1583 Sir T. Smith's De Republica Anglorum ii. ii. 41 As the crie of yea or no is bigger, so the bill is allowed or dashed. 1627 M. Drayton Battaile Agincourt 3 A warre with France, must be the way To dash this Bill. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) i. 59 Those hopes were no sooner conceived then dasht. 1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World vi. 157 So the design was wholly dashed. 1710 H. Prideaux Orig. & Right Tithes iv. 214 To dash what arguments may be brought from hence. 1840 Chartist Circular No. 5. 225 This dashes the bit-by-bit system [of reform]. 1861 C. H. Pearson Early & Middle Ages Eng. 143 Dunstan's hopes were again dashed by the news of Edward's death. 7. a. To cast down, depress; to daunt, dispirit, discourage. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > suffering > dejection > make dejected [verb (transitive)] drearya1300 discomfortc1325 batec1380 to cast downa1382 to throw downa1382 dullc1386 faintc1386 discomfita1425 discourage1436 sinkc1440 mischeera1450 discheerc1454 amatea1500 bedowa1522 damp1548 quail1548 dash1550 exanimate1552 afflict1561 dank1565 disanimate1565 sadden1565 languish1566 deject1581 dumpc1585 unheart1593 mope1596 chill1597 sour1600 disgallant1601 disheart1603 dishearten1606 fainten1620 depress1624 sullen1628 tristitiate1628 disliven1631 dampen1633 weigh1640 out-spirit1643 dispirit1647 flat1649 funeralize1654 hearta1658 disencourage1659 attrist1680 flatten1683 dismalizec1735 blue-devil1812 out-heart1845 downweigh1851 to get down1861 frigidize1868 languor1891 downcast1914 neg1987 1550 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Spyrytuall & Precyouse Pearle v. sig. Cv How small soeuer their temptacion, or plage is, theyr hart is dashyd. 1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 466/1 We shalbe all dasht that our prayers do but soare in the ayre. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) iii. iii. 218 I see this hath a little dasht your spirits. View more context for this quotation 1676 J. Dryden Aureng-Zebe ii. 16 Why did you speak? yo've dash'd my Fancy quite. 1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Odyssey in Iliad & Odyssey II. ix. 295 We, dash'd with terror, heard the growl Of his big voice. 1841 C. Dickens Old Curiosity Shop i. xxvi. 238 This discouraging information a little dashed the child. 1891 M. M. Dowie Girl in Karpathians 167 Somewhat dashed, we went down..to the spot where my horse had fallen with me. b. To confound, put to shame, abash. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > shame [verb (transitive)] > abash abashc1384 rebash?1473 to put out of countenancec1500 to dash (a person) out of countenance (conceit, courage)1530 deface1537 dash1570 discountenance1584 disgrace1607 debash1610 out-nose1624 to put out of face1821 1570 J. Foxe Actes & Monumentes (rev. ed.) II. 1904/1 Frier Bucknham..was so dashed, that neuer after he durst peepe out of the Pulpit agaynst M. Latymer. 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. ii. 576 An honest man; looke you, and soone dasht . View more context for this quotation 1637 J. Milton Comus 16 Chast austeritie..That dash't brute violence With sudden adoration, and blancke aw. 1728 C. Cibber Vanbrugh's Provok'd Husband ii. i. 30 The Girl..has Tongue enough: she woan't be dasht! 1766 J. Fordyce Serm. Young Women II. xii. 286 From her a..look..will dash the boldest offender. 1860 R. C. Trench Serm. in Westm. Abbey x. 108 Dashed and abashed as no doubt for a moment she was. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > humility > feeling of shame > shame [verb (transitive)] > abash abashc1384 rebash?1473 to put out of countenancec1500 to dash (a person) out of countenance (conceit, courage)1530 deface1537 dash1570 discountenance1584 disgrace1607 debash1610 out-nose1624 to put out of face1821 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 507/1 I dasshe out of countenaunce or out of conceyte, Je rens confus. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Isocrates in Panoplie Epist. 162 Your deerest friends..damnified, and dashed out of courage. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales iii. xiv. 85 Cause sufficient, to haue dasht the best practized out of matter. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 408 It would dash him quite out of countenance. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison I. xi. 61 In order to dash an opponent out of countenance by getting the laugh instead of the argument on his side. 8. To put down on paper, throw off, write, or sketch, with hasty and unpremeditated vigour. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > write down hastily slap1672 to run off1680 dash1726 jot1735 dash off, out1786 dot1797 splash1897 society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > compose hastily scribble1576 palter1588 to throw together1646 dash1726 dash off, out1786 to run off1809 to strike off1821 to write off1841 1726 R. Wodrow Corr. (1843) III. 234 Please dash down anything that is proper for me to help. 1728 A. Pope Dunciad ii. 31 Never was dasht out, at one lucky hit, A fool, so just a copy of a wit. c1771 S. Foote Maid of Bath Epil. His ready pen he drew, And dash'd the glowing satire as he flew. 1847 Ld. Tennyson Princess v. 115 Then came a postscript dash'd across the rest. 1850 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 3) iv. 77 Ourself..into rhythm have dash'd The passion of the prophetess. 1859 C. Kingsley Misc. (1860) II. 15 The impressions of the moment..dashed off with a careless but graceful pen. 9. a. To draw a dash through (writing); to strike out, cancel, erase, efface. Now rare or Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > memory > effacement, obliteration > efface, obliterate [verb (transitive)] > erase by marking strikec1386 to rub offa1425 cancelc1440 streakc1440 cross1483 outstrike1487 line1530 to strike out1530 dash1549 to strike off1597 cancellate1664 damask1673 score1687 to run through1817 overscore1834 blue-pencil1883 stroke1885 caviar1890 to stencil out1891 to strike through1898 ex1935 x1942 1549–62 T. Sternhold & J. Hopkins Whole Bk. Psalms lxix. 29 And dash them cleane out of the booke of hope. 1576 A. Fleming tr. Caecina in Panoplie Epist. 80 A faulte in writing is dashed out with a race of the penne. a1586 Sir P. Sidney Astrophel & Stella (1591) 21 And now my penne these lines had dashed quite. 1607 E. Topsell Hist. Foure-footed Beastes 270 Before the snow be melt, and the footings dashed. 1670 A. Wood Life & Times (1892) II. 199 He would correct, alter, or dash out or put in what he pleased. 1856 J. A. Froude Hist. Eng. I. 454 She took a pen and dashed out the words. b. To draw (a pen) vigorously through writing so as to erase it. ΚΠ 1780 W. Cowper Table Talk 769 To dash the pen through all that you proscribe. 10. To mark with a dash, to underline. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > represent by written character [verb (transitive)] > diacritic > type of diacritic circumflex1565 acute1609 circumflect1751 dagesh1751 dash1836 umlaut1976 1836 T. Hook Gilbert Gurney I. i. 17 The infinite pains I took to dash and underline the points. 1871 Athenæum 13 May 583 He did so dash his initials at the end of letters. 11. slang. or colloquial. Used as a euphemism for ‘damn’, or as a kind of veiled imprecation. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > malediction > oaths > [verb (transitive)] > euphemisms for stronger oaths > for 'damn' ram1645 slama1658 dang1793 dash1800 drat1857 soda1904 dagnab1916 1800 T. Morton Speed the Plough ii. ii. 28 But dash it, Lady Nelly, what do make thee paint thy vace all over we rud ochre zoo? 1812 H. Smith & J. Smith Rejected Addr. 112 Dash my wigs, Quoth he, I would pummel and lam her well. 1844 John Chawbacon ii, in Halliwell Dict. (1865) I. p. xv Dash my buttons, Moll—I'll be darn'd if I know. 1853 C. Dickens Bleak House xxxii. 315 Dash it, Tony..you really ought to be careful. 1864 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend (1865) I. ii. viii. 234 Dashed if I know! II. Intransitive senses. 12. To move, fall, or throw itself with violence or smashing effect; to strike in violent collision against (upon, etc.) something else. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > impinge [verb (intransitive)] > forcibly or violently beatc885 pilta1200 smitec1300 dashc1305 pitchc1325 dushc1400 hitc1400 jouncec1440 hurl1470 swack1488 knock1530 jut1548 squat1587 bump1699 jowl1770 smash1835 lasha1851 ding1874 biff1904 wham1948 slam1973 c1305 Saints' Lives in Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) 80 Þat weþer bigan to glide..þer hit gan dasche adoun..Ac in þe norþ half of þe churche..þer ne ful noȝt a reynes drope. c1400 Melayne 964 Dede he daschede to the grounde. 1638 R. Baker tr. J. L. G. de Balzac New Epist. III. 43 In my way there are..many stones to dash against. 1694 Acct. Several late Voy. (1711) ii. 168 The Whale..doth strike about with his Tail and Finns, that the Water dasheth up like Dust. 1720 W. R. Chetwood Voy. Capt. R. Falconer ii. 8 The Tempest was very much abated, and the Waves not dashing so often. 1842 Ld. Tennyson Day-dream in Poems (new ed.) II. 156 And all the long-pent stream of life Dash'd downward in a cataract. 1891 E. Peacock Narcissa Brendon II. 418 The full force of the Atlantic is dashing on the cliffs. 13. a. Of persons: To throw oneself with violence, such as would overthrow obstacles or resistance; to go, run, or rush with sudden impetuosity, or with spirited or brilliant action. Also figurative. (Const. with variant prepositions and adverbs.) ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move with impetuous speed leapOE swengec1000 swingOE throwc1275 hurla1300 dashc1300 fling1300 stetec1330 lance?a1400 slinga1400 whirlc1400 wringc1400 dingc1450 whither1487 chop1555 to cast (also lay) one's heels in one's neck1599 clap1603 precipitate1622 teara1627 toss1727 to keep on at a score1807 whing1882 whirlwind1894 to go off full score1900 careen1923 c1300 K. Alis. 2837 The gate..up he brak; In to the cité he con dassche. c1330 (?a1300) Sir Tristrem (1886) l. 2393 Ouer þe bregge he deste. c1330 Arth. & Merl. 6293 (Mätz.) Forth dassed the king. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) lviii. 200 Ye sarazyns dasshed in to the prese to haue rescued Huon. 1596 Pleas. Quippes Upstart Gentlw. in Hazlitt Early Eng. Poems & Lives Saints (1862) IV. 258 Our wantons now in coaches dash, From house to house, from street to street. 1682 N. Tate & J. Dryden 2nd Pt. Absalom & Achitophel 13 Doeg..Spurd boldly on, and Dash'd through Thick and Thin, Through Sense and Non-sense. 1794 A. Radcliffe Myst. of Udolpho II. v. 160 The oars..are dashing at the steps below. 1823 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto VIII liv. 138 [He] dashed on like a spurred blood-horse in a race. 1870 W. Morris Earthly Paradise: Pt. IV 377 [He] rode on madly..Dashed through the stream and up the other bank. 1885 J. Ruskin Præterita I. vii. 230 To leave her card on foot at the doors of ladies who dashed up to hers in their barouche. 1892 S. R. Gardiner Student's Hist. Eng. 11 Cæsar..dashed at his stockade and carried it by storm. b. Said of action with pen or pencil. ΚΠ a1680 Earl of Rochester Allusion to Horace in Poems (1984) 100 With just bold Stroakes, he dashes here and there, Shewing great Mastery with little care. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > music > musical sound > sound of instruments > sound [verb (intransitive)] > drums dashc1325 tucka1400 dub1588 beat1656 ruff1675 dandera1724 rufflea1734 detonate1853 c1325 Coer de L. 4615 Trumpes blewen, tabours dashen. 15. colloquial. To make a display, ‘cut a dash’; dash off, out, to burst off, come out, with a dash. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > ostentation > make ostentatious display or show off [verb (intransitive)] brandishc1340 ruffle1484 braga1556 swash1556 flourish1563 flaunt1566 prank1567 prink1573 to shake, wag the feather1581 peacockize1598 air1605 display1608 to launch it out1608 flasha1616 to cut it out1619 flare1633 vapour1652 peacock1654 spark1676 to gallantrize it1693 bosh1709 glare1712 to cut a bosh1726 to show away1728 to figure away, off1749 parade1749 to cut a dashc1771 dash1786 to cut up1787 to cut a flash1795 to make, or cut, a splash1804 swank1809 to come out strong1825 to cut a spludge1831 to cut it (too) fat1836 pavonize1838 splurge1844 to do the grand1847 to cut a swath1848 to cut a splurge1860 to fan out1860 spread1860 skyre1871 fluster1876 to strut one's stuff1926 showboat1937 floss1938 style1968 society > communication > writing > manner of writing > [verb (transitive)] > write down hastily slap1672 to run off1680 dash1726 jot1735 dash off, out1786 dot1797 splash1897 society > leisure > the arts > literature > art or occupation of writer or author > be the author of or write (a work) [verb (transitive)] > compose hastily scribble1576 palter1588 to throw together1646 dash1726 dash off, out1786 to run off1809 to strike off1821 to write off1841 the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > coldness > extinguishing fire > extinguish (fire) [verb (transitive)] > by water float1729 dash off, out1786 flood1883 1786 Mrs. Johnson Francis I. 159 Bidding fair to dash out, when he was qualified by manhood and experience. 1800 H. Wells Constantia Neville III. 68 He intended to dash off as a star of the first magnitude in the circles of fashion. 1806 T. S. Surr Winter in London III. viii. 215 That blade dashes most confoundedly..he is a princely fellow, to be sure. 1807 Salmagundi 15 Oct. 327 Every lady..dresses and dashes. CompoundsGeneral attributive. C1. with verb + object. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun] > person jettera1400 flirdom?a1500 facerc1500 termagant1508 rutterkina1529 bellomy1535 bystour1535 roister1549 swash1549 rush-buckler1551 roisterkin1553 swashbuckler1560 dash-buckler1567 swinge-buckler?1577 whiffler1581 huff-snuff1582 swish-swash1582 fixnet1583 swag1588 swasher?1589 kill-cow1590 roister-doister1592 dagger1597 flaunting Fabian1598 tisty-tosty1598 huff-cap1600 swaggerer1600 burgullian1601 huff-muff1602 tear-cat1606 blusterer1609 wag-feather1611 wind-cutter1611 bilbo-lorda1625 tearer1633 cacafuegoa1640 bravado1643 Hector1655 scaramouch1662 swashado1663 huffer1664 bluster-mastera1670 Drawcansir1672 bully huff1673 huff1674 belswagger1680 valienton1681 blunderbuss1685 Draw can bully1698 bouncer1764 Bobadil1771 bounce1819 pistol1828 sacripant1829 hufty1847 bucko1883 1567 G. Fenton tr. M. Bandello Certaine Tragicall Disc. vi. sig. Diiiv A traine of dashbucklers or squaringe tospottes. C2. with the verb-stem used attributively. dash-piston n. ΚΠ 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Dash Piston, the piston sliding in the dash pot of a Corliss engine, whose release by a spring closes the steam or exhaust valves, and whose concussion is deadened by the springs or buffers enclosed in the dash pot. dash-plate n. (see quots.) ΚΠ 1888 Lockwood's Dict. Mech. Engin. Dash Plates or Division Plates, plates sometimes fixed in a marine boiler in line with, and over, the tubes, in order to prevent the crown plates of the fire-box from being exposed to the action of the flame when the ship heels over heavily. dash-pot n. a contrivance for producing gradual descent in a piece of mechanism or for preventing vibration or sudden motion, consisting of a cylinder or chamber containing liquid in which a piston moves; a hydraulic buffer. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [noun] > state of cessation of movement > arrest of motion > damping of oscillation > that which dash-pot1861 damper1929 1861 Sci. Amer. 30 Mar. 196/2 The ‘dash pot’ which Watt invented to graduate the descent of the puppet valve into its seat. 1874 E. H. Knight Amer. Mech. Dict. I. 666/2 To seat them without slamming, the valve-stems are provided with dash-pots. 1878 in J. Dredge Electr. Illumination (1885) II. App. p. lxiv The arm of the lever may be at right angles to the carbon, one end being weighted and the other attached to the core of a solenoid; the core may have a dash-pot action. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 86/1 The arc-lamp mechanism is provided with a dash-pot, or contrivance in which a piston moving nearly air-tight in a cylinder prevents sudden jerks in the motion of the mechanism. 1926 Brit. Standard Gloss. Terms Electr. Engin. (Brit. Engin. Standards Assoc.) 50 Dash-pot, an appliance for preventing the sudden or oscillatory motion of any moving part of a piece of apparatus, by the friction of air or of a liquid. 1930 Engineering 21 Feb. 249/2 The proper function of the piston chamber is, however, that of a dash-pot. 1931 Flight 13 Nov. 1131/2 The dashpot is double acting, and there is a powerful check to spring recoil. 1936 Gloss. Terms Railway Signalling (B.S.I.) 16 Dash pot, a cylinder with a piston valve in which the escape of air or liquid is checked by the valve to assist in lessening shock. 1940 Chambers's Techn. Dict. 225/1 Dash pot, a device for damping out vibration; it consists of a piston attached to the part to be damped, fitting loosely in a cylinder of oil. 1959 Times Rev. Industry Mar. 36/1 The variable feed rate for cutting is controlled by a hydraulic dashpot. 1962 Engineering 15 June 793/1 The relay trip current setting is adjustable..simply by altering vertically the position of the self-locking dashpots. dash-wheel n. (see quot. 1874). See also dashboard n. ΚΠ 1839 A. Ure Dict. Arts 226 Put this mixture into the colour trough..and after two days wash in the dash-wheel. 1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Dash-wheel. (Bleaching.) A wheel with compartments revolving partially in a cistern, to wash and rinse calico in the piece, by alternately dipping it in the water and then dashing it from side to side of the compartments. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online June 2022). dashadv. With a dash: see the various senses of the noun and verb. ΚΠ 1667 J. Dryden Indian Emperour iv. iii. 45 The Waters..with a Murmuring sound Dash, dash, upon the ground, To gentle slumbers call. 1672 Duke of Buckingham Rehearsal iii. 21 T'other's..at him again, dash with a new conceipt. 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 4 Fall in with a hackney coach, and he [sc. a horse] will carry you slap dash against it. 1894 N.E.D. at Dash Mod. The boat went dash against the rocks. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1894; most recently modified version published online March 2021). < n.1a1375n.21788v.c1290adv.1667 |
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