单词 | lash |
释义 | lashn.1 1. †(a) gen. A sudden or violent blow; a dashing or sweeping stroke. Obsolete. (b) spec. A stroke with a thong or whip. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > with whip or scourging > stroke or stripe lashc1330 bendc1400 whipc1425 stripec1485 leash?a1513 jerk1555 scourge1741 switch1809 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > striking violently > a violent blow lashc1330 birrc1400 dushc1400 swackc1425 reboundc1503 pash1611 slam1622 stoter1694 blizzard1829 dinger1845 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > [noun] > blow struck with an object or instrument > with something pliant lashc1330 lashingc1400 jerking1552 jerk1555 whipping1577 slive1589 whissc1590 scutch1611 scutching1611 switchinga1640 cut1787 sliver1806 switch1809 welt1863 score1882 c1330 Arth. & Merl. 9375 (Kölbing) Kehenans com wiþ gret rape & ȝaf king Arthour swiche a las, Þat Arthour al astoned was. c1374 G. Chaucer Troilus & Criseyde i. 220 Proude bayard gynneth for to skyppe..Til he a lassh haue of þe long whippe. a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1876) VI. 31 Foure score lasshes [L. octoginta verbera]. c1460 Play Sacram. 468 On lashe I shalle hyme lende or yt be long. 1549 M. Coverdale et al. tr. Erasmus Paraphr. Newe Test. II. Heb. xii. f. xxiiiv Oure parentes..dyd wyth..lashes teach vs the commen behauiour of this lyfe. 1604 E. Grimeston tr. J. de Acosta Nat. & Morall Hist. Indies v. xvii. 374 Therewith they whipped themselves, giving great lashes over their shoulders. 1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xi. 59 All desiring to have a lash at the dog in the manger. 1661 T. Lye in Morn. Exerc. Cripplegate xviii. 459 I that have deserved the blow of an Executioners Axe, am sent away with the Lash only of a Fathers Rod. 1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 116 Let each Lash Bite to the Quick, till howling he return. 1769 ‘Junius’ Stat Nominis Umbra (1772) II. xxxv. 48 The private men have..five hundred lashes if they, desert. 1791 A. Radcliffe Romance of Forest I. ii. 66 I gave my horse a lash, that sounded through the forest. 1844 Queen's Regulations & Orders Army 230 The Mutiny Act restricts the award of Corporal Punishment by a General Court-Martial to 200 Lashes. 1880 ‘Mrs. Forrester’ Roy & Viola I. 175 The first lash brought the colour to her cheeks. 2. a. The flexible part of a whip; now sometimes in narrower sense, the piece of whipcord or the like forming the extremity of this. Cf. lash n.2 ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whip or scourge > whip-lash stringc1000 lashc1381 whiplash1573 metal1611 voorslag1833 blacksnake1854 c1381 G. Chaucer Parl. Foules 178 The boxtre pipere, holm to whippis lasch. 1597 W. Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet i. iv. 64 The collers crickets bones, the lash of filmes. View more context for this quotation 1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 108. ¶2 I observed..that your Whip wanted a Lash to it. a1800 W. Cowper Morning Dream 30 In his hand..A scourge hung with lashes he bore. 1819 P. B. Shelley Cenci iv. i. 59 He will not ask it of me till the lash Be broken in its last and deepest wound. 1859 J. M. Jephson & L. Reeve Narr. Walking Tour Brittany vii. 94 Employing himself in plaiting fresh pieces [of whipcord]..on the lash of his whip. b. Used poetically and rhetorically = ‘whip, scourge’. literal and figurative. Also in phrase, †out of (a person's) lash: out of danger from (his) attacks. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > safety > perfectly safe [phrase] > beyond danger of something out of gunshot1556 lash1577 without the peril of1600 society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > instrument or place of corporal punishment > [noun] > whip or scourge swepea700 scourgea1225 whipc1325 swaipa1400 flagellec1430 flail?a1475 foueta1492 scorpion1541 lash1577 sot1588 thong1592 chawbuck1698 knout1716 taw1787 flagellum1807 1577 R. Stanyhurst Hist. Irelande iii. 102/2 in R. Holinshed Chron. I He was out of his lashe that mynded to haue betrayed him. a1656 Bp. J. Hall Shaking of Olive-tree (1660) ii. 209 The slave fears the lash of his cruell Master. 1659 B. Walton Considerator Considered 197 The Vulgar Latin scapes the lash pretty well. 1716 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad II. v. 457 The Lash resounds, the rapid Chariot flies. 1732 C. Wogan Let. to Swift 27 Feb. in J. Swift Wks. (1803) XVIII. 188 Lest they should fall under the lash of the penal laws. 1786 F. Burney Diary 28 Nov. (1842) III. 232 With all this..she has not escaped the lash of scandal. a1822 P. B. Shelley Homer's Hymn to Mercury lxxxv, in Posthumous Poems (1824) 323 Apollo..gave him in return the glittering lash, Installing him as herdsman. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) II. 288 The Persians..were driven on to the conflict by the lash of their commanders. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid vi, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 289 Tisiphone..Scourges the trembling sinners, her fierce lash arming her hands. 1891 ‘S. C. Scrivener’ Our Fields & Cities 117 Hunger is as keen a lash as the whip of the overseer of slaves. c. the lash: the punishment of flogging. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > [noun] > beating swingingc1200 beating?c1225 chastising1303 correctionc1386 lashingc1400 scouring1426 Moses' law1482 jerking1552 whipping1566 yarking1573 feaking1600 correct1606 tawing1620 lacing1622 castigation1640 basking1642 verberation1661 strappado1668 the lash1694 flogging1758 whopping1812 quilting1822 blistering1842 whaling1852 nailing1895 1694 F. Bragge Pract. Disc. Parables vii. 238 Such Vagabonds..would..look upon honest Industry more eligible than the Lash. 1711 R. Steele Spectator No. 157. ⁋6 This Custom of educating by the Lash. 1781 E. Gibbon Decline & Fall III. xxxi. 126 He expired under the lash. 1860 C. Knight Eng. Cycl.: Arts & Sci. V. 654 Serious breaches of discipline are still punished with the lash. 1881 Times 29 Mar. 9/3 There is throughout these kingdoms a strong instinctive dislike of the lash. ΚΠ 1607 G. Markham Cavelarice v. 55 Cause him to bee put vnto the Cart, placing him in that place which the Carters call the lash, so that hee may haue two Horses to follow behinde him, whom together with the loade..hee cannot drawe away. e. An alleged name for a ‘company’ of carters. Obsolete. rare. ΚΠ 1486 Bk. St. Albans F vij. 3. Short for eyelash n. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > hair > eyelash > [noun] breec1450 eye-bree1577 winker1734 eyelash1755 lash1796 eyewinker1808 cilia1838 1796 H. Brougham in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 86 267 Priestley [makes them arise] from inflection through the lashes. 1816 S. T. Coleridge Christabel i. Concl. 22 Tears she sheds—Large tears that leave the lashes bright! 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge i. 232 Long dark lashes..concealed his downcast eyes. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > present difficulties [verb (intransitive)] > be in difficulties or straits > be left in the lurch to be left in the laps1558 to lie in the lash1573 to get left1827 the world > action or operation > difficulty > of difficulty: beset (a person) [verb (transitive)] > put (a person) in difficulty > leave in the lurch lurch1530 to leave in the lash1573 to leave in the lurch1596 cart1889 society > trade and finance > management of money > insolvency > indebtedness > be in debt [verb (intransitive)] > run into debt to run in or upon the lash1573 to overrun the constable1699 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > delude [verb (intransitive)] > be deluded to lie in the lash1573 to have found (also spied) a mare's nest1576 overtake1581 hallucinate1652 mare's-nest1859 to get left1884 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deception by illusion, delusion > deceive, delude [verb (transitive)] > leave in the lurch to leave in the lash1573 to leave in the lurch1596 lurcha1651 to give (one) the bag to hold1793 1573 G. Gascoigne Disc. Aduentures Master F. I. in Hundreth Sundrie Flowres 243 My Nell hath stolen thy fynest stuff, & left thee in the lash. 1576 J. Woolton Christian Man. sig. I.iii The wyse and welmeaning debtour, who goeth eyther vppon the score, or booke, hath oftentymes an eye vnto the score: least he be ouerreckoned, & runne in the lashe. 1580 T. Tusser Fiue Hundred Pointes Good Husbandrie (new ed.) f. 60 The fermer they leaue in the lash, with losses on euerie side. 1584 R. Wilson Three Ladies of London ii. A iij I will flaunt it and braue it after the lusty swash: Ile deceiue thousandes, what care I who lye in the lashe? 1607 S. Hieron Remedie for Securitie in Wks. (1620) I. 436 We runne on still vpon the lash, and neuer looke on the score. a1624 Bp. M. Smith Serm. (1632) 110 When we lost Callis in his quarrell, he left vs in the lash, and gaue vs the slip. 5. An attempt; esp. in to have a lash (at), to make an attempt, to ‘have a go at’. Australian and New Zealand. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > endeavour > [noun] > an attempt tastec1330 assayc1386 proffera1400 proof?a1400 pluck?1499 saymenta1500 minta1522 attemptate1531 attempt1548 attemption1565 say1568 trice1579 offer1581 fling1590 tempt1597 essay1598 trial1614 tentative1632 molition1643 conamen1661 put1661 tentamen1673 conatus1722 shot1756 go1784 ettle1790 shy1824 hack1830 try1832 pop1839 slap1840 venture1842 stagger1865 flutter1874 whack1884 whirl1884 smack1889 swipe1892 buck1913 lash1941 wham1957 play1961 1941 S. J. Baker Pop. Dict. Austral. Slang 42 Lash at, have a, to make an attempt at (something). 1945 J. Pascoe Canterbury High Country 28 A few may spend their cheque in a glorious lash at the beer. 1948 D. Ballantyne Cunninghams i. vii. 37 He was..hoping to get a lash at the Huns. 1949 R. Park Poor Man's Orange (1950) 193 The blithe pipings of old men who, safe [from the fight] up on their balconies, leaned over rails and exhorted everyone to 'ave a lash. 1971 Sunday Sun (Brisbane) 17 Oct. 14/2 I am a natural sportsman. Only last week I donkey licked the local kindy kids at drop the hankie. So I went out to Surfers Paradise course to have a lash. Compounds C1. General attributive. a. (In sense 1.) lash-free adj. ΚΠ 1623 B. Jonson Time Vindicated 70 I..with this whipp you see, Doe lash the Time, and am my selfe lash-free. b. (In sense 3.) lash-shaded adj. ΚΠ 1859 J. H. Ingraham Pillar of Fire i. vi. 111 The aquiline nose and the lash-shaded dark, bright eye. lash-shadowed adj. ΚΠ 1891 T. Hardy Tess of the D'Urbervilles III. xlvi. 110 Her..lash-shadowed eyes. lash-tender adj. ΚΠ a1889 G. M. Hopkins Poems (1967) 185 Whether..furled Fast ór they [sc. ashboughs] in clammyish lashtender combs creep Apart wide. C2. lash-horse n. (see quot.). ΚΠ 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Lash-horse, the third horse from the plough or wagon, or horse before a pin-horse in the team. lash rope n. North American a rope used for lashing a pack or load on a horse or vehicle. ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance by carrying > [noun] > straps securing pack wanty1297 lash rope1806 pack strap1855 1806 M. Lewis Jrnl. 7 June in Jrnls. Lewis & Clark Exped. (1991) VII. 343 Sergt. Gass, McNeal, Whitehouse and Goodrich accompanyed them with a view to procure some pack or lash ropes. 1822 J. Fowler Jrnl. 18 June (1898) 159 We then took the lash Roaps and tyed up the Horses. 1843 Amer. Pioneer 2 162 Each horse was provided with..a lash rope to secure the load. 1888 J. A. Lees & W. J. Clutterbuck B.C. 1887: Ramble in Brit. Columbia 229 The lash rope is from thirty to forty feet long. 1929 Collier's 5 Jan. 33/3 ‘Wait until I get my lash rope’ (i.e., the rope with which he bound his load on his sledge). 1963 R. D. Symons Many Trails vii. 77 Lash ropes were tightened till the pack animals grunted. lash-whip n. a whip with a lash, opposed to a ‘crop’ (see crop n. 7c). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > riding on horse (or other animal) > [noun] > urge on > with a whip > (types of) whip wandc1400 rod?a1475 riding rod?a1549 switch1597 quirka1616 whippet1616 shambrier1667 horsewhipa1691 whip-stick1782 lash-whip1787 flogger1789 string1839 nagaika1842 whalebone1842 quirt1845 switcher1847 ash-plant1850 hunting-crop1857 dick1864 bow-whip1890 1787 ‘G. Gambado’ Acad. Horsemen 21 I would advise you always to ride with a lash whip; it shews the sportsman. Draft additions January 2011 British slang. on the lash: out at pubs, bars, etc., drinking alcohol; engaged in a bout of heavy drinking. Frequently with out. ΚΠ 1998 Guardian 19 May 26/2 [He] said..that a few nights on the lash were worth sacrificing if it made him a better player. 2000 P. Kimmage Full Time (2001) vi. 68 A life of part-time football, junk food and late nights on the lash chasing totty with the lads. 2002 Sunday Herald (Glasgow) 2 June (Sport section) 5/7 Tried to acclimatise by going out on the lash every night. 2004 Independent 4 Dec. (Traveller section) 4/2 God knows how he manages to find his way back here after a night out on the lash. 2010 Field Feb. 27/2 He was having a riot of a day while I played nanny to an elderly hedonist on the lash. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online June 2022). lashn.2ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > a bond, tie, or fastening > [noun] > tie > thong, lace, or cord lainera1387 lashc1440 lanyard1483 lingel1538 whangc1540 lunge1607 lore1621 ament1623 thong1665 lad1847 lorum1903 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 288/1 Lasche, stroke [sic], ligula. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > general equipment > [noun] > lasso lays1726 lash1748 rope1798 lasso1808 lariat1835 slip-noose1837 riata1846 honda1887 loop1907 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. vi. 65 A machine, which the English..at Buenos Ayres, generally denominate a lash. It is made of a thong of several fathoms in length..with a running noose at one end of it. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson i. vi. 66 The address both of the Spaniards and Indians in..the use of this lash or noose. 3. Weaving. = lease n.1 or leash n. ΚΠ 1731 C. Mortimer in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 37 106. 1831 G. R. Porter Treat. Silk Manuf. 246 Eight rows, forming as many leases or lashes in the warp. 1857 Parkhill Hist. Paisley xiv. 113 In the shawl manufacture the lashes have to be drawn twice. 1875 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Lash (Weaving), a thong formed of the combined ends of the cords by which a certain set of yarns are raised in the process of weaving Brussels carpet. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). LASHn.3 Used, frequently attributive, to denote a ship, or system of shipping, in which loaded barges are placed directly on board the ship. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > trading vessel > cargo vessel > [adjective] > built to take loaded barges LASH1965 1965 Maritime Reporter 1 Nov. 21 (advt.) The LASH System combines an ultra-simple, fast, automated ship with a large number of low-cost lighters. 1967 Economist 7 Jan. 51/2 This is the LASH shipping system (Lighter Aboard Ship Inc.) which both the Americans and Germans are now building. A LASH ship is designed to pick up and carry 250-ton lighters, which are towed to and from the ship regardless of tides or port labour schedules. 1969 Jane's Freight Containers 1968–9 378/2 No container ships, but 5 Lash vessels..are under construction. 1970 Times 12 Aug. 18 Shipowners also hastened the introduction of..lash vessels in which laden barges are floated directly into a large hull. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1976; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lashadj. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adjective] > negligent yemelesc897 recklesseOE unshrivel1340 lashc1374 negligenta1382 laches1418 lachous1484 forgetful1526 neglect1603 wreaklessa1616 slighty1658 relasch1663 c1374 G. Chaucer tr. Boethius De Consol. Philos. iv. pr. iii. 122 Yif he be slowe and astoned and lache he lyueþ as an asse. c1422 T. Hoccleve Learn to Die 267 How laach and negligent Haue y been. c1550 Complaynt Scotl. (1979) xvii. 115 Thai that var lasche couuardis gat nothing. 1567 in J. Cranstoun Satirical Poems Reformation (1891) I. v. 64 Sen God hes to ȝow power lent, Gif ye be lashe ye ar to blame. 1672 O. Walker Of Educ. i. v. 39 Immoderate praise makes him..lasch and negligent. 1694 R. L'Estrange Fables (ed. 2) 385 A lasche demission of Sovereign authority. ΘΚΠ the world > life > the body > loose or stiff condition > [adjective] leathwakec1000 lithebyc1000 starka1275 stiffc1305 standing1340 bainc1440 waldinc1485 resolveda1500 supplea1500 lash1513 limber1582 sagging1599 laxed1623 unslakeda1625 laxated1652 springy1674 gangling1764 lithesome1768 swack1768 unslackened1770 lissoma1800 wandle1803 loose-limbed1823 loose1846 unslacked1848 saggy1853 loose-jointed1859 loose-hung1869 gangly1871 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > separation > separation or detachment > loosening or unfastening > [adjective] > loose, unfastened, or untied loose1488 lash1513 untied1565 ungirt1579 unfastened1587 untucked1609 unreeved1730 unfixed1805 untaken1836 unbonded1878 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid ix. xiii. 81 Hys wery breist and lymmys lasch. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 317/1 Lashe nat fast, lache. ?1543 T. Phaer tr. J. Goeurot Regiment of Lyfe xii. f. lvx Goute whyche procedeth sometymes of debilytye of the synowes beynge lasshe. 3. a. Of food, fruits, grass, etc.: Soft, watery. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > consistency of food > [adjective] > sloppy waterya1425 lashc1440 washy1615 plashya1656 wish-washy1814 wish-wash1896 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 288/1 Lasche, or to fresche, and vnsavery. 1599 H. Buttes Dyets Dry Dinner sig. I Not so good for the weake..stomackes, for it is of a lash and yet grosse substance. 1658 Sir T. Browne Garden of Cyrus v, in Hydriotaphia: Urne-buriall 194 Fruits being unwholsome and lash, before the fourth, or fifth Yeare. 1857 G. Borrow Romany Rye I. xxv. 299 After September the grass is good for little, lash and sour at best. b. Of weather: Raw, wet. ΚΠ 1787 W. Marshall Provincialisms in Rural Econ. Norfolk II. 383 Lash, or Lashy, very wet; as ‘cold lashy weather’. c. Of a hide: Tender. ΚΠ 1798 Ann. Agric. 30 314 A thick hide is bad, and a very thin one too lash. d. lash egg n. see quot. a1825. Obsolete exc. dialect. ΚΠ a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830) Lash-egg, an egg without a full formed shell; covered only with a tough film. DerivativesΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] recklesslyeOE lighteOE yemeleslichec1000 lightlyOE recklessa1450 slightlya1557 uncaredly?1590 wretchlessly?16.. incuriously1603 uncarefully1655 carelessly1667 slightily1679 slapdash1680 lashly1691 cavalierly1718 negligent1738 the world > action or operation > manner of action > carelessness > [adverb] > negligently negligentlya1382 recklessly1425 neglectly1594 lashly1691 neglectedly1865 1691 W. Hope Swordman's Vade-mecum 12 That he may not by being advised to play Calmly, fall into the other Extreme of Playing too Carelesly, Lashly, and perhaps Timerously. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lashv.1 I. To move swiftly and suddenly. 1. intransitive. To make a sudden movement; to dash, fly, rush, spring, start. Of light: To flash. Of tears, water: To pour, rush. Occasionally with allusion to lash n.1 2. Also with about, †asunder, away, back, down, out, †together. Const. at, from, into, †on, out of, to. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > flash lash13.. gliffa1400 flashc1540 wink1605 flush1646 bicker1667 outflasha1856 strobe1977 society > society and the community > dissent > fighting > fight [verb (intransitive)] > begin to fight to step togetherc1275 lash13.. felterc1400 to fall forth1572 tackle1867 the world > existence and causation > creation > destruction > breaking or cracking > break [verb (intransitive)] > shatter or break to pieces or burst to-burstc893 forbursta1000 springOE to-flyc1000 to-shootc1000 to-springc1000 to-drevea1225 to-resea1225 to-breakc1230 to go shiversc1275 to-drivec1275 to-rivec1275 to-shenec1275 to-wendc1275 debruise1297 lash13.. to-dashc1300 to-scatter13.. to-shiver13.. shiverc1330 bequash1377 shinderc1390 brasta1400 bursta1400 to-shiderc1450 to fly in pieces1488 sprent1488 splindera1500 reavec1560 dishiver1562 shatter1567 disshiver1586 split1590 slent1608 besplit1638 disrupt1657 splintera1661 rupture1734 explode1784 to ding in staves1786 to break, knock etc., or go, to smash1798 spell1811 to go (also run) smash1818 to play smash1841 bust1844 splitter1860 disrump1886 to fall into staves1895 smash1904 the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and suddenly windc897 shootc1000 smite?c1225 flatc1300 lash13.. girda1400 shock?a1400 spara1400 spritc1400 whipc1440 skrim1487 glance1489 spang1513 whip1540 squirt1570 flirt1582 fly1590 sprunt1601 flame1633 darta1640 strike1639 jump1720 skite1721 scoot1758 jink1789 arrow1827 twitch1836 skive1854 sprint1899 skyhoot1901 catapult1928 slingshot1969 book1977 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > cause to move suddenly [verb (transitive)] > move suddenly with flailing action lash1633 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > sudden movement > make sudden movement [verb (intransitive)] > move suddenly with flailing action lasha1716 the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > be violent [verb (intransitive)] > burst violently from rest or restraint abreakOE outburstOE outbreaka1450 reboil1477 to break forth1535 burst1542 to break out1574 go1583 fulminate1630 break1693 lasha1716 to rage out1720 rip1856 outflame1890 13.. S. Erkenwolde 334 in Horstm. Altengl. Leg. (1881) 273 Liȝtly lasshit þer a leme loghe in þe abyme. c1330 Arth. & Merl. 9263 (Kölbing) Mani geauntes..Þat on Arthour at ones last & wiþ his hors to grounde him dast. a1400 Minor Poems fr. Vernon MS. (1892) 502/346 Wiþ his teth anon He logged, þat al in-synder gon lasch. a1400–50 Alexander 553 Þe liȝt lemand late laschis fra þe heuyn. ?a1400 Morte Arth. 2801 Whene ledys with longe speris Lasschene to gedyrs. c1450 (c1400) Emaré (1908) 298 The teres lasshed out of his yyen. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vi. xi. 200 Al thre lasshed on hym at ones with swerdes. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur xii. 203 Thenne they drewe her swerdes and lasshyd to gyder egerly. 1633 F. Quarles in P. Fletcher Purple Island sig. R4 I..Past on my way; I lasht through thick and thinne. 1661 O. Felltham Resolves (rev. ed.) 262 We know not what rich Joyes we lose when first we lash into a new offence. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon iii. xi. 562 To keep them..from lashing into those extremes, whereinto [etc.]. a1716 R. South Serm. Several Occasions (1744) XI. 249 When it [sc. sin] finds the least vent it lashes out to the purpose. 1820 Edinb. Mag. & Literary Misc. May 423 Wi' swash an' swow, the angry jow Cam lashan' down the braes. 1851 J. Ruskin Stones of Venice I. xxv. 283 A lizard [in stone] pausing and curling himself round a little in the angle; one expects him the next instant to lash round the shaft and vanish. 1883 A. Thomas Mod. Housewife 124 The rain was still lashing down furiously. 1897 T. C. Allbutt et al. Syst. Med. II. 1065 The Filariæ sanguinis..wriggling and lashing about..among the corpuscles. 2. a. To let fly at, make a dash or rush at, aim a blow at. †Also with at used adverbially. In later use, with mixture of sense 6. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > strike at swipc1380 lasha1400 foundc1420 drivec1540 dent1580 tilt1589 snap1631 spar1755 peg1828 slap1842 society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > stroke with weapon > strike (of weapon) [verb (intransitive)] > strike one another lasha1400 a1400–50 Alexander 1392 Archars..Lasch [Dublin MS. lashe] at þam of loft. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vi. x The chorle..lasshyd at hym with a grete clubbe. 1513 G. Douglas tr. Virgil Æneid xii. ix. 67 Now lasch thai at with bludy swerdis brycht. 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene iv. vi. sig. F2v Lashing dreadfully at euery part. View more context for this quotation 1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. v. sig. P8v She hewd, she foynd, she lasht, she laid on euery side. View more context for this quotation 1693 J. Dryden tr. Persius Satires v. 61 To laugh at Follies, or to lash at Vice. 1728 T. Sheridan in tr. Persius Satyrs (1739) Prol. 4 He rather lashes at those Poetasters. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Enid in Idylls of King 30 Each,..lash'd at each..with such blows, that [etc.]. b. to lash out: to strike out violently, to lay about one vigorously; (of a horse) to kick out. Also figurative †Also to lash it out. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > strike or deliver blows [verb (intransitive)] > strike out flingc1380 bursta1450 to lash out1567 belay1598 outlash1611 slash1689 to throw out1772 to let out1840 to hit out1856 sock1856 the world > animals > mammals > group Ungulata (hoofed) > family Equidae (general equines) > habits and actions of horse > [verb (intransitive)] > kick startleOE kickc1386 winch1483 fling1487 yark?1561 smite1600 to lash out1852 to kick over the traces1861 the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (intransitive)] > severely quip1542 snap1579 quib1580 to lash out1884 slam1884 to rip into——1907 to lace into1908 to light into ——1922 to give (make, have, etc.) grief1974 excoriate1985 1567 Triall of Treasure sig. Eiiiv Yet will I..repugne lashe out and kicke. 1587 A. Fleming et al. Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) III. Contin. 1321/1 After that to the barriers, where they lashed it out lustilie, & fought couragiouslie. 1852 F. E. Smedley Lewis Arundel xxxv. 269 Lewis..lashed out too, when he was first put in harness. 1884 Truth 4 Sept. 369/2 He..‘revived pamphleteering’ only to lash out at a famous Quarterly Reviewer for the great Tory historian's vilification of Carlyle. 1900 ‘F. Anstey’ Brass Bottle xiv. 222 He might..be lashing out with his hind legs and kicking everything to pieces. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > attack > attack [verb (transitive)] greetc893 overfallOE riseOE assail?c1225 to lay on or upon?c1225 onseekc1275 to set on ——c1290 infighta1300 saila1300 to go upon ——c1300 to turn one's handc1325 lashc1330 annoyc1380 impugnc1384 offendc1385 to fall on ——a1387 sault1387 affrayc1390 to set upon ——1390 to fall upon ——a1398 to lay at?a1400 semblea1400 assayc1400 havec1400 aset1413 oppressa1425 attachc1425 to set at ——c1430 fraya1440 fray1465 oppugn?a1475 sayc1475 envaye1477 pursue1488 envahisshe1489 assaulta1500 to lay to, untoa1500 requirea1500 enterprise?1510 invade1513 assemblec1515 expugn1530 to fare on1535 to fall into ——1550 mount1568 attack?1576 affront1579 invest1598 canvass1599 to take arms1604 attempt1605 to make force at, to, upon1607 salute1609 offence1614 strikea1616 to give a lift at1622 to get at ——1650 insult1697 to walk into ——1794 to go in at1812 to go for ——1838 to light on ——1842 strafe1915 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] assail?c1225 to set on ——c1290 saila1300 to turn one's handc1325 lashc1330 to set against ——c1330 impugnc1384 offendc1385 weighc1386 checka1400 to lay at?a1400 havec1400 to set at ——c1430 fraya1440 rehetea1450 besail1460 fray1465 tuilyie1487 assaulta1500 enterprise?1510 invade1513 sturt1513 attempt1546 lay1580 tilt1589 to fall aboard——1593 yoke1596 to let into1598 to fall foul1602 attack1655 do1780 to go in at1812 to pitch into ——1823 tackle1828 vampire1832 bushwhack1837 to go for ——1838 take1864 pile1867 volcano1867 to set about ——1879 vampirize1888 to get stuck into1910 to take to ——1911 weigh1941 rugby-tackle1967 rugger-tackle1967 c1330 Arth. & Merl. 9783 (Kölbing) Bohort als a geaunt laiste & þe heued al todaiste. 3. transitive. To dash, throw, or move violently. Obsolete except in technical use. †Also with forth, out, up. to lash off, to strike off. 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 the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > kill [verb (transitive)] > by beheading to lash offc1330 whipc1380 off-whipa1400 to shorten by the head1530 firkc1540 to short (a person) by the head or knees1548 neckc1712 the world > space > place > removal or displacement > extraction > extract [verb (transitive)] > strike or knock out > violently lashc1330 pash1530 to break out1611 c1330 Arth. & Merl. 7584 (Kölbing) Among þe ribaus anon he dast & sum þe heued of he laist. a1400–50 Alexander 1325 He laschis out a lange swerde quen his launce failes. c1430 Chev. Assigne 323 Feraunce launces vp his fete & lasschethe out his yen. 1519 W. Horman Vulgaria v. f. 54 He lasshed ageynste the grounde the cuppe, that I loued beste. 1542 N. Vyllagon Lamentable & Piteous Treat. in Harleian Misc. (1808) I. 241 Lashinge oute, and shotynge of, in all the haste theyr greate gownes and harquebusshes. 1700 J. Dryden tr. Ovid Twelfth Bk. Metamorphoses in Fables 437 He falls; and lashing up his Heels, his Rider throws. 1879 Cassell's Techn. Educator (new ed.) IV. 378/1 The wool-comber..throws or ‘lashes’ a handful of wool..over the points of the teeth. a. To lavish, squander. Chiefly with out. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander [verb (transitive)] forspendc893 scatter1154 dispend1303 waste1340 misspendc1390 miswastec1400 consumec1425 waste1474 profund1527 lasha1535 prodige1538 lavish1542 to play away1562 riot1566 embezzle1578 dilapidate1590 squander1593 confound1598 to make ducks and drakes of or withc1600 prodigalize1611 profuse1611 squander1611 paddle1616 bezzle1617 to run out of ——1622 to piss away1628 prodigal1628 decoct1629 to bangle (away)1632 debauch1632 deboise1632 to fribble away1633 to fool out1635 to run outa1640 to fiddle away1667 slattera1681 dissipate1682 to play off1693 duck-and-drake1700 liquidate1702 sparkle away1703 waster1821 befool1861 to frivol away1866 to play (at) duck and drake with1872 to fling away1873 mislive1887 slather1904 mucker1928 profligate1938 peter1956 spaff2002 a1535 T. More Hist. Richard III in Wks. (1557) 62/1 There was dayly pilled fro good men & honest, gret substaunce of goodes to be lashed oute among vnthriftes. 1539 R. Taverner tr. Erasmus Prouerbes sig. B.ijv They hadde leuer lashe oute theyr wycked Mammon on the deade, than on the quycke. 1573 T. Tusser Fiue Hundreth Points Good Husbandry (new ed.) f. 26v Some horskeper, lasshith [1577 lasheth] out prouender so..that corne is consumed, er chapman hath his. 1587 J. Hooker tr. Giraldus Cambrensis Vaticinall Hist. Conquest Ireland i. xlvi. 30/1 in Holinshed's Chron. (new ed.) II Then would he lash & powre all that euer he had in store or treasurie. 1603 H. Crosse Vertues Common-wealth sig. I2v [He] must instantly..lash out that riotously, that his father got miserly. 1609 W. M. Man in Moone C 3 b You suppose it a great glory to lash your coyne, you care not where, nor vppon whom. 1630 R. Brathwait Eng. Gentleman 157 Neither to hoord up niggardly, nor lash out lavishly. 1657 S. Purchas Theatre Flying-insects ii. 327 A wicked man doth prodigally lash out all his joyes in the time of his prosperitie. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 702 You cant get on in this world without style all going in food and rent when I get it Ill lash it around I tell you in fine style. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > copiousness > express copiously [verb (transitive)] > pour out or multiply (words, etc.) multiply1340 lash1529 to boil forth1610 1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iv, in Wks. 287/1 Colis..lasheth out scripture in bedelem as fast as they bothe in Almayn. 1556 J. Heywood Spider & Flie ii. 56 Hate, lashth out trewth, foes to displease. a1575 N. Harpsfield Treat. Divorce Henry VIII (1878) (modernized text) 232 Then lasheth he forth many authorities and examples. 1577 H. I. tr. H. Bullinger 50 Godlie Serm. I. ii. iii. sig. J/2 Some men lash out cursings and othes of God, thereby prouoking him to anger. 1653 H. Cogan tr. F. M. Pinto Voy. & Adventures v. 13 Lashing out some words, that were a little more harsher than was requisite. 5. intransitive. Of persons. With out: To rush, launch out, into excess of any kind; to break out into violent language; to squander one's substance, be lavish. (In some quots. = absol. use of 4.) ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > squander or be prodigal [verb (intransitive)] waste1390 lasha1560 squander1593 to play the prodigal1602 outlash1611 wanton1646 to light (also burn) the candle at both ends1736 extravagate1871 the world > action or operation > behaviour > bad behaviour > lack of moderation or restraint > act immoderately or without restraint [verb (intransitive)] overdoa1325 outragea1387 surfeitc1400 outraya1450 exceed1488 lasha1560 overlash1579 overlaunch1579 wanton1631 extravagate1829 wallow1876 to hit the high spots1891 to go overboard1931 a1560 T. Becon Sycke Mans Salve (1572) 145 Then lash they out, & liberally geue unto the poore, because they can keepe it no longer. 1592 ‘C. Cony-Catcher’ Def. Conny-catching sig. B2v A yoong youthfull Gentleman, giuen a litle to lash out liberally. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 287 So that hee..fall into no excesse, neither lash out beyond all reason and measure. 1629 Z. Boyd Last Battell Soule (new ed.) 826 That I lash not out into the excesse of supperfluitie of wickednesse. 1664 Floddan Field iii. 22 Alas too lewdly he lashed out And foolishly his Ordnance spend. 1670 C. Cotton tr. G. Girard Hist. Life Duke of Espernon iii. ix. 470 Yet could not the Duke..sometimes forbear lashing out into very free expressions. 1709 J. Strype Ann. Reformation xiv. 186 It consisted not with the Gravity..of a Nation professing true Religion, to lash out so excessively that way [in dress]. 1959 G. Freeman Jack would be Gentleman i. 10 He'd never had the money to lash out properly. 1973 ‘M. Yorke’ Grave Matters i. vi. 35 He must have paid plenty for the place, besides what they're going to lash out in alterations. II. Senses referring to lash n.1 6. a. transitive. To beat, strike with a lash, whip, †rod, etc.; to flog, scourge. ΘΚΠ society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > beat or flog [verb (intransitive)] lash1398 lather1797 vapulate1818 lam1875 larrup1939 society > authority > punishment > corporal punishment > administer corporal punishment [verb (transitive)] > whip or scourge swingc725 scourc1386 whipc1386 lash1398 bescourgea1400 swaipa1400 flail14.. belash1458 stripec1460 leash1503 flagelle1551 swingea1556 breech1573 lace1599 flagellate1623 slash1631 chawbuck1682 innocentize1708 swepe1710 belace1736 screenge1787 yedder1818 stock-whip1852 rawhide1858 1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomew de Glanville De Proprietatibus Rerum (Tollem. MS) vi. xii A bonde seruaunt..is bete and lasshid with ȝerdis. c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 288/1 Lasschyn..verbero. a1513 W. Dunbar Poems (1998) I. 151 Belliall with a brydill renȝie Evir lascht thame on the lunȝie. 1608 W. Shakespeare King Lear xx. 155 Why dost thou lash that whore. View more context for this quotation 1660 F. Brooke tr. V. Le Blanc World Surveyed 363 Some..furiously lash their bare shoulders with thorns. 1725 D. Defoe New Voy. round World i. 97 What became of the Fellow that we lash'd, we know not. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby vii. 59 Lashing the pony until they reached their journey's end. 1858 J. W. Carlyle Lett. II. 361 The lady lashed her horse and set off in pursuit. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid v, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 228 The charioteer as he speeds Tosses his flowing reins, and arising, lashes his steeds. b. transferred, esp. of the action of waves upon the shore, etc. Occasionally intransitive. To fall with a lashing movement on the shore. 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 the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > strike with an object > with something pliant yarka1529 jerk1550 whissa1578 cut1607 scutch1611 slash1660 lashc1694 whip1699 switch1832 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 the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > movement of waves > move restlessly about [verb (intransitive)] > sweep over or strike against a surface wash1774 lasha1851 c1694 M. Prior Lady's Looking-glass 16 Big waves lash the frighten'd shores. 1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 255 Ah! what avail[s]..thy length of Tail, That lashes thy broad Sides. 1762 W. Falconer Shipwreck i. 3 From where th' Atlantic lashes Labrador. 1819 P. B. Shelley Lines Euganean Hills in Rosalind & Helen 77 Poesy's unfailing river,..Lashing with melodious wave Many a sacred poet's grave. 1837 ‘Nimrod’ Chace, Turf, & Road i. 45 Another hound slips out of cover..with his nose to the ground and his stern lashing his side. a1851 D. M. Moir Starlght Refl. in Poet. Wks. (1852) Lash the hoarse billows on the shore. 1853 C. Brontë Villette I. i. 6 It was a wet night; the rain lashed the panes. 1887 C. Bowen tr. Virgil Æneid iv, in tr. Virgil in Eng. Verse 196 Atlas the rude..lashed by the wind and the rain evermore. c. figurative; esp. ‘To scourge with satire’ (Johnson); to castigate in words, rebuke, satirize, vituperate. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > rebuke or reproof > rebuke or reprove [verb (transitive)] > severely dressc1405 wipe1523 to take up1530 whip1530 to shake upa1556 trounce1607 castigatea1616 lasha1616 objurgate1616 thunderstrike1638 snub1672 drape1683 cut1737 rowa1798 score1812 to dress down1823 to pitch into ——1823 wig1829 to row (a person) up1838 to catch or get Jesse1839 slate1840 drop1853 to drop (down) to or on (to)1859 to give (a person) rats1862 to jump upon1868 to give (a person) fits1871 to give it to someone (pretty) stiff1880 lambaste1886 ruck1899 bollock1901 bawl1903 scrub1911 burn1914 to hang, draw, and quarter1930 to tear a strip off1940 to tear (someone) off a strip1940 brass1943 rocket1948 bitch1952 tee1955 fan- a1616 W. Shakespeare Comedy of Errors (1623) ii. i. 15 Why, headstrong liberty is lasht with woe. View more context for this quotation 1621 R. Burton Anat. Melancholy ii. i. i. 290 He calls a Magician Gods Minister and his Vicar,..for which he is lashed by T. Erastus. 1661 T. Lye in Morn. Exerc. Cripplegate xviii. 436 It is true God may frown on, yea, and severely lash a Solomon, a Jedidiah, when they break his Statutes. a1704 T. Brown 1st Satyr Persius Imitated in Wks. (1707) I. i. 78 I must..Lash the vile Town with my Satyric Rhime. 1801 J. Strutt Glig-gamena Angel-ðeod i. ii. 27 They [the hunting clergy] were severely lashed by the poets and moralists. 1837 H. Hallam Introd. Lit. Europe I. vii. 532 He does not fail to lash the schoolmen directly. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Pelleas & Ettarre 581 A scourge am I To lash the treasons of the Table Round. 1877 W. Black Green Pastures xxv. 203 Balfour..found himself lashed and torn to pieces every morning by the ‘Englebury Mercury’. 7. a. With adv. or phrase as complement: to urge or drive by, or as by, lashes. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impelling or driving > impel or drive [verb (transitive)] > by impact or force > by striking or beating smitec1330 swapa1375 inbeatc1420 possa1425 rushc1440 strike1450 ram1519 pash1530 thwack1566 whip1567 thump1596 lash1597 knocka1616 switcha1625 to knock down1653 to knock in1669 stave1837 whip1868 slog1884 to beat down- the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > make (more) violent [verb (transitive)] > force into violent activity lash1781 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard III v. vi. 58 Lets whip these stragglers ore the seas againe, Lash hence these ouerweening rags of France. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Dryden Annus Mirabilis 1666 cclxxii. 69 Those that disobey'd, He lash'd to duty with his sword of light. 1717 A. Pope tr. Homer Iliad III. x. 584 These [steeds], with his Bow unbent, he lash'd along. 1729 T. Cooke Tales 182 He does not threaten to disarm him, but..to lash him from the Assembly. 1740 H. Bracken Farriery Improv'd (ed. 2) II. vi. 132 The passionate pedantic Schoolmaster, that lashes his Disciples into Learning. 1781 W. Cowper Truth 260 A glassy lake..Lashed into foaming waves. 1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xxviii. 276 The excitement into which she had been lashed. 1861 C. M. Yonge Cameos lxiii, in Monthly Packet May 485 The violence of a weak nature lashed up to rage. 1864 Ld. Tennyson Aylmer's Field in Enoch Arden, etc. 68 Should I find you by my doors again, My men shall lash you from them like a dog. 1884 W. C. Smith Kildrostan 89 Then I see..the waves Lashed into madness. 1893 F. C. Selous Trav. S.-E. Afr. 307 A strong head wind lashed the river into waves. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific thing > strike with specific thing [verb (transitive)] > strike with an object > with something pliant > force out by lash1642 1642 D. Rogers Naaman 23 Others have their eie lasht out by a twig in their travaile. Draft additions 1997 South African. Mining. To shovel and load (broken ore, rock, etc.) on to a truck; to fill (a truck) in this way. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > shovel (coal, ore, etc.) onto vehicle lash1932 society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > shovel (coal, ore, etc.) onto vehicle > fill (vehicle or vessel) with coal, ore, etc. cast1882 lash1932 1932 Watermeyer & Hoffenberg Witwatersrand Mining Pract. vi. 348 The snatch-block is moved nearer the face.., the object being to lash the rock directly from the pile into the truck. 1949 Nat. Inst. Personnel Res. Aptitude Tests Native Labour Witwatersrand Gold Mines (Pretoria) i. vi. 35 Figures 1 and 2 show the lashing efficiency of these groups, average number of cars lashed being plotted against total time on lashing duty. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lashv.2ΘΚΠ the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > providing with clothing > provide with clothing [verb (transitive)] > fasten lace?c1225 gird1297 belta1400 buttona1425 garterc1440 lashc1440 pointa1470 trussa1475 lace1485 fasten1600 truss1610 bind1720 staylace1832 sandal1897 zip1929 to zip up1937 zipper1938 the world > textiles and clothing > clothing > tailoring or making clothes > tailor or make clothes [verb (transitive)] > other fur13.. buttonc1380 lashc1440 pointa1470 set1530 tuft1535 vent1547 ruff1548 spangle1548 string1548 superbody1552 to pull out1553 quilt1555 flute1578 seam1590 seed1604 overtrim1622 ruffle1625 tag1627 furbelow1701 tuck1709 flounce1711 pipe1841 skirt1848 ruche1855 pouch1897 panel1901 stag1902 create1908 pin-fit1926 ease1932 pre-board1940 post-board1963 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 288/1 Lasschyn, ligulo. 1602 T. Dekker Blurt Master-Constable sig. Dv An Eele-skin sleeue, lasht heere and there with lace, Hye coller, lasht agen: breeche lasht also. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Aiguilletter, to whip, or lash, with points. 2. Chiefly Nautical. To fasten or make fast with a cord, rope, thong, piece of twine, etc.; †to truss (clothes); to fasten to (something). Also with down, on, together; †reflexive of a plant. lash away, lash and carry (see quots. 18672, 18673). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > bind with cord, string, or tie tiec1000 halchc1400 lacec1405 cable?1507 twitch1612 lash1624 wup1808 snub1888 zip-tie1985 the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fastening > binding or tying > bind or tie [verb (transitive)] > bind with cord, string, or tie > to or on something lash1624 1624 J. Smith Gen. Hist. Virginia v. 194 Her Ordnance being lashed so fast they could not be vnloosed. 1692 Smith's Sea-mans Gram. (new ed.) i. xvi. 79 Lash the Fish on to the Mast. 1711 W. Sutherland Ship-builders Assistant 37 Bolts to lash the Boats on the upper Deck. 1712 J. Browne tr. P. Pomet et al. Compl. Hist. Druggs I. 31 This Plant..lashes itself round any tree that is near it. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson iii. iv. 330 We had not a gun on board lashed. 1779 J. King Jrnl. 8 Feb. in J. Cook Jrnls. (1967) III. i. 526 This little boy they had lash'd under the thwarts. 1793 J. Smeaton Narr. Edystone Lighthouse (ed. 2) §97, (note) The rods were here lashed together by a packthread. 1836 W. Irving Astoria II. 257 The Indians had lashed their canoes to the ship. 1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxix. 105 All our spare spars were taken on board and lashed. 1841 H. W. Longfellow Wreck of Hesperus in Boston Bk. (ed. 3) 77 A maiden fair, Lash'd close to a drifting mast. 1853 H. Douglas Ess. Mil. Bridges (ed. 3) ii. 66 Lash down Pontoons. 1867 F. Francis Bk. Angling xiii. 386 Lash on the gut with the finest..silk you can procure. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Lash and carry, the order given by the boatswain and his mates on piping up the hammocks, to accelerate the duty. 1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Lash away, a phrase to hasten the lashing of hammocks. 1879 A. Brassey Sunshine & Storm 26 Our chairs were lashed. 1889 Internat. Ann. Anthonys Photogr. Bull. 55 Lash all together by passing a string several times round each end of the package. Compounds lash-up n. (a) a makeshift or hastily contrived improvisation; also attributive; (b) (see quot. 1925). ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > advantage > usefulness > use (made of things) > recourse > [noun] > making shift > that with which one makes shift make-do1895 lash-up1898 Band-Aid1968 1898 W. P. Drury Tadpole of Archangel 86 Such a godforsaken lash-up of a bridge you never clapped eyes on! 1907 J. Masefield Tarpaulin Muster viii. 102 And down they all go—ship, and tea, and mate, and bishop, and general, and Jimmy and the whole lash-up. 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 158/1 We..had been obliged to make ‘lash-up’ (i.e., makeshift) arrangements. 1924 P. P. Eckersley Captain Eckersley Explains i. 5 A ‘lash-up’ or experimental station was erected at the Marconi Works. 1925 E. Fraser & J. Gibbons Soldier & Sailor Words 140 Lash-up, a failure. A fiasco. The break-down of anything. 1929 O. Harland Golden Plough iv. 97 Until we come to the present Imbroglio, the Glorious Lash-up of this very age. 1936 ‘Taffrail’ Mystery at Milford Haven 281 The boat..was what a blue~jacket would have called a ‘lash-up’, a thing of bits and pieces. 1958 Economist 13 Sept. 869/2 Black Knight is essentially a lash-up on which to test various designs of nose cone for the 2,500 mile ballistic weapon Blue Streak that should be ready for test in the early 1960s. 1962 W. Schirra in J. Glenn et al. Into Orbit 46 It [sc. the couch] was a simple bit of furniture compared to the lashup of tubing, fans, filters and tanks which was built around it. 1966 M. Woodhouse Tree Frog xxv. 182 We didn't have time for an instrument check. It's just a lash-up really. 1974 Exchange & Mart (South ed.) 27 June 53M/3 Rebuilt motor, not a lash-up. lashed-up adj. improvised. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > intention > unintentional or unplanned character > [adjective] > unplanned suddena1300 unpremeditate1551 extemporal1570 unpurposed1570 unmeditated1576 extemporate1590 unpremeditated1597 unplotted1598 extemporary1610 extemporanean1621 extempory1623 impremeditate1647 unthought1648 unresolved1649 extemporate1651 incogitate1652 unprojected1653 indeliberate1655 extemporaneous1656 indeliberated1656 autoschediastical1662 casual1667 offhanda1668 undiscourseda1670 extemporany1673 unplanned1775 impromptu1789 on (also upon) the spur of the moment (or occasion, etc.)1801 autoschediastic1809 impromptuary1827 improvised1833 extemporized1856 spontaneous1856 unconsidered1876 undevised1894 lashed-up1920 ad-libbed1933 willy-nilly1933 off the cuff1948 1920 Blackwood's Mag. Feb. 154/1 By ‘lashed up’ means—(that is to say, ‘improvised’)—and with a makeshift staff of assistants, a tolerable chart was produced. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). lashv.3 dialect. transitive. To comb (the hair). Also with out. ΚΠ 1863 Mrs. Toogood Specim. Yorks. Dial. Go and lash thee hair out, child. 1886 A. Rea Beckside Boggle 9 I's just wesh me and lash me hair. 1894 H. Caine Manxman iii. xii. 170 Take the redyng comb and lash your hair out. Compounds lash-comb n. a wide-toothed comb ( Lonsdale Gloss. 1869). ΚΠ 1887 H. Caine Deemster I. vi. 120 When the lash comb had tossed back his long hair. 1894 H. Caine Manxman 108. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1902; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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