calash | noun (n.) A light carriage with low wheels, having a top or hood that can be raised or lowered, seats for inside, a separate seat for the driver, and often a movable front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage. |
| noun (n.) In Canada, a two-wheeled, one-seated vehicle, with a calash top, and the driver's seat elevated in front. |
| noun (n.) A hood or top of a carriage which can be thrown back at pleasure. |
| noun (n.) A hood, formerly worn by ladies, which could be drawn forward or thrown back like the top of a carriage. |
cash | noun (n.) A place where money is kept, or where it is deposited and paid out; a money box. |
| noun (n.) Ready money; especially, coin or specie; but also applied to bank notes, drafts, bonds, or any paper easily convertible into money |
| noun (n.) Immediate or prompt payment in current funds; as, to sell goods for cash; to make a reduction in price for cash. |
| noun (n.sing & pl.) A Chinese coin. |
| verb (v. t.) To pay, or to receive, cash for; to exchange for money; as, cash a note or an order. |
| verb (v. t.) To disband. |
crash | noun (n.) A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once. |
| noun (n.) Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise. |
| noun (n.) Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels. |
| verb (v. t. ) To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence. |
| verb (v. i.) To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise. |
| verb (v. i.) To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof. |
dash | noun (n.) Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash. |
| noun (n.) A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash. |
| noun (n.) A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple. |
| noun (n.) A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain. |
| noun (n.) Energy in style or action; animation; spirit. |
| noun (n.) A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash. |
| noun (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis. |
| noun (n.) The sign of staccato, a small mark [/] denoting that the note over which it is placed is to be performed in a short, distinct manner. |
| noun (n.) The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone. |
| noun (n.) A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race. |
| verb (v. t.) To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against. |
| verb (v. t.) To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin. |
| verb (v. t.) To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress. |
| verb (v. t.) To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with water; to dash paint upon a picture. |
| verb (v. t.) To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash off a review or sermon. |
| verb (v. t.) To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word. |
| verb (v. i.) To rust with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks. |
flash | noun (n.) To trick up in a showy manner. |
| noun (n.) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash. |
| noun (n.) A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning. |
| noun (n.) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show. |
| noun (n.) The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period. |
| noun (n.) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors. |
| noun (n.) Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes. |
| noun (n.) A pool. |
| noun (n.) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal. |
| adjective (a.) Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery. |
| adjective (a.) Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry. |
| verb (v. i.) To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed. |
| verb (v. i.) To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash. |
| verb (v. i.) To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily. |
| verb (v. t.) To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light. |
| verb (v. t.) To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind. |
| verb (v. t.) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b). |
lash | noun (n.) The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given. |
| noun (n.) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare. |
| noun (n.) A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough; as, the culprit received thirty-nine lashes. |
| noun (n.) A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut. |
| noun (n.) A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash. |
| noun (n.) In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure. |
| noun (n.) To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten; as, to lash something to a spar; to lash a pack on a horse's back. |
| verb (v. t.) To strike with a lash ; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one. |
| verb (v. t.) To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash; as, a whale lashes the sea with his tail. |
| verb (v. t.) To throw out with a jerk or quickly. |
| verb (v. t.) To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity; as, to lash vice. |
| verb (v. i.) To ply the whip; to strike; to utter censure or sarcastic language. |
leash | noun (n.) A thong of leather, or a long cord, by which a falconer holds his hawk, or a courser his dog. |
| noun (n.) A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general. |
| noun (n.) A string with a loop at the end for lifting warp threads, in a loom. |
| verb (v. t.) To tie together, or hold, with a leash. |
mash | noun (n.) A mesh. |
| noun (n.) A mass of mixed ingredients reduced to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; a mass of anything in a soft pulpy state. Specifically (Brewing), ground or bruised malt, or meal of rye, wheat, corn, or other grain (or a mixture of malt and meal) steeped and stirred in hot water for making the wort. |
| noun (n.) A mixture of meal or bran and water fed to animals. |
| noun (n.) A mess; trouble. |
| verb (v. t.) To convert into a mash; to reduce to a soft pulpy state by beating or pressure; to bruise; to crush; as, to mash apples in a mill, or potatoes with a pestle. Specifically (Brewing), to convert, as malt, or malt and meal, into the mash which makes wort. |
quash | noun (n.) Same as Squash. |
| noun (n.) Same as Squash. |
| verb (v. t.) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment. |
| verb (v. t.) To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush. |
| verb (v. t.) To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion. |
| verb (v. i.) To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise. |
| verb (v. t.) To abate, annul, overthrow, or make void; as, to quash an indictment. |
| verb (v. t.) To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush. |
| verb (v. t.) To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion. |
| verb (v. i.) To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise. |
plash | noun (n.) The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches. |
| verb (v.) A small pool of standing water; a puddle. |
| verb (v.) A dash of water; a splash. |
| verb (v. i.) To dabble in water; to splash. |
| verb (v. t.) To splash, as water. |
| verb (v. t.) To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite. |
| verb (v. t.) To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge. |
rash | noun (n.) A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation. |
| noun (n.) An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted. |
| superlative (superl.) Sudden in action; quick; hasty. |
| superlative (superl.) Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent. |
| superlative (superl.) Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander. |
| superlative (superl.) Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures. |
| superlative (superl.) So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn. |
| verb (v. t.) To pull off or pluck violently. |
| verb (v. t.) To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice. |
| verb (v. t.) To prepare with haste. |
sash | noun (n.) A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers, members of societies, etc. |
| noun (n.) The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes. |
| noun (n.) In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; -- also called gate. |
| verb (v. t.) To adorn with a sash or scarf. |
| verb (v. t.) To furnish with a sash or sashes; as, to sash a door or a window. |
slash | noun (n.) A long cut; a cut made at random. |
| noun (n.) A large slit in the material of any garment, made to show the lining through the openings. |
| noun (n.) Swampy or wet lands overgrown with bushes. |
| noun (n.) A opening or gap in a forest made by wind, fire, or other destructive agency. |
| verb (v. t.) To cut by striking violently and at random; to cut in long slits. |
| verb (v. t.) To lash; to ply the whip to. |
| verb (v. t.) To crack or snap, as a whip. |
| verb (v. i.) To strike violently and at random, esp. with an edged instrument; to lay about one indiscriminately with blows; to cut hastily and carelessly. |
splash | noun (n.) Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of matter which wets or disfigures. |
| noun (n.) A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid. |
| verb (v. t.) To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash. |
| verb (v. t.) To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet. |
| verb (v. i.) To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter. |
squash | noun (n.) An American animal allied to the weasel. |
| noun (n.) A plant and its fruit of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind. |
| noun (n.) Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease. |
| noun (n.) Hence, something unripe or soft; -- used in contempt. |
| noun (n.) A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; also, a shock of soft bodies. |
| noun (n.) A game much like rackets, played in a walled court with soft rubber balls and bats like tennis rackets. |
| verb (v. i.) To beat or press into pulp or a flat mass; to crush. |