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dash
(mass) | dash
- pomlčka, rýchly beh, šprintovať |
dash
(encz) | dash,běh |
dash
(encz) | dash,čára |
dash
(encz) | dash,hnát se |
dash
(encz) | dash,honit se |
dash
(encz) | dash,kapka |
dash
(encz) | dash,mrštit Zdeněk Brož |
dash
(encz) | dash,pádit |
dash
(encz) | dash,pomlčka n: [typo.] punctuation |
dash
(encz) | dash,příměs |
dash
(encz) | dash,řítit se Zdeněk Brož |
dash
(encz) | dash,uhánět Zdeněk Brož |
dash
(encz) | dash,úprk |
Dash
(gcide) | Dash \Dash\ (d[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dashed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dashing.] [Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat,
strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow.]
1. To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike
violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
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If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of
the water, it maketh a sound. --Bacon.
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2. To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to
crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
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Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's
vessel. --Ps. ii. 9.
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A brave vessel, . . .
Dashed all to pieces. --Shak.
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To perplex and dash
Maturest counsels. --Milton.
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3. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to
depress. --South.
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Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car. --Pope.
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4. 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.
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I take care to dash the character with such
particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured
applications. --Addison.
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The very source and fount of day
Is dashed with wandering isles of night. --Tennyson.
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5. To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute
rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash
off a review or sermon.
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6. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with
out; as, to dash out a word.
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Dash
(gcide) | Dash \Dash\, v. i.
To rush with violence; to move impetuously; to strike
violently; as, the waves dash upon rocks.
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[He] dashed through thick and thin. --Dryden.
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On each hand the gushing waters play,
And down the rough cascade all dashing fall. --Thomson.
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Dash
(gcide) | Dash \Dash\, n.
1. Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
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2. A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his
hopes received a dash.
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3. A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial
overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a
dash of purple.
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Innocence when it has in it a dash of folly.
--Addison.
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4. 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.
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She takes upon her bravely at first dash. --Shak.
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5. Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.
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6. A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make
or cut a great dash. [Low]
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7. (Punctuation) 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. --John Wilson.
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8. (Mus.)
(a) 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.
(b) The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass,
as a direction to raise the interval a semitone.
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9. (Racing) A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a
race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial
constitutes the race.
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dash
(wn) | dash
n 1: distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the
confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: dash, elan,
flair, panache, style]
2: a quick run [syn: dash, sprint]
3: a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the
100-yard dash"
4: a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word
or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided
at the end of a line of text [syn: hyphen, dash]
5: the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
[syn: dash, dah]
6: the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the
door" [syn: dash, bolt]
v 1: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the
yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash,
shoot]
2: break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a
plate" [syn: smash, dash]
3: hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the
wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" [syn: crash,
dash]
4: destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"
5: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: daunt,
dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away,
frighten away, scare]
6: add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed
with white" |
dash
(vera) | DASH
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| | podobné slovo | definícia |
balderdash
(mass) | balderdash
- nezmysel |
dash
(mass) | dash
- pomlčka, rýchly beh, šprintovať |
dashed
(mass) | dashed
- čiarkovaný |
dashes
(mass) | dashes
- čiarky |
balderdash
(encz) | balderdash,hloupost n: Pinobalderdash,nesmysl n: Zdeněk Brož |
dash
(encz) | dash,běh dash,čára dash,hnát se dash,honit se dash,kapka dash,mrštit Zdeněk Broždash,pádit dash,pomlčka n: [typo.] punctuation dash,příměs dash,řítit se Zdeněk Broždash,uhánět Zdeněk Broždash,úprk |
dash down
(encz) | dash down,načrtnout v: Zdeněk Brož |
dash off
(encz) | dash off,vysypat ze sebe Zdeněk Brož |
dash off a note
(encz) | dash off a note, |
dash-and-dash
(encz) | dash-and-dash,čárkovat v: Zdeněk Brož |
dash-pot
(encz) | dash-pot, n: |
dashboard
(encz) | dashboard,palubní deska n: Zdeněk Brož |
dashed
(encz) | dashed,čárkovaný adj: Ondřej Boudadashed,roztříštěný Jiri Syrovy dashed,uháněl v: Zdeněk Brož |
dasheen
(encz) | dasheen, n: |
dasher
(encz) | dasher,palička n: Jiri Syrovy |
dashes
(encz) | dashes,pádí v: Zdeněk Broždashes,uhání Zdeněk Brož |
dashiki
(encz) | dashiki, |
dashing
(encz) | dashing,čárkování n: Zdeněk Broždashing,pelášení n: Zdeněk Brož |
dashing hopes
(encz) | dashing hopes, n: |
dashingly
(encz) | dashingly, |
haberdasher
(encz) | haberdasher,obchodník s galanterií Jan Wagner |
haberdashery
(encz) | haberdashery,galanterie |
haberdashery store
(encz) | haberdashery store, n: |
hopes dashed
(encz) | hopes dashed, |
slapdash
(encz) | slapdash,lajdácký adj: Zdeněk Brožslapdash,lajdáctví n: Zdeněk Brožslapdash,ledabylý adj: Zdeněk Brožslapdash,nedbalý adj: Zdeněk Brožslapdash,odbytý adj: Zdeněk Brož |
swung dash
(encz) | swung dash, n: |
Balderdash
(gcide) | Balderdash \Bal"der*dash\, n. [Of uncertain origin: cf. Dan.
balder noise, clatter, and E. dash; hence, perhaps, unmeaning
noise, then hodgepodge, mixture; or W. baldorduss a
prattling, baldordd, baldorddi, to prattle.]
1. A worthless mixture, especially of liquors.
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Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both
name and nature, and is called balderdash. --Taylor
(Drink and
Welcome).
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2. Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.
[1913 Webster]Balderdash \Bal"der*dash\, v. t.
To mix or adulterate, as liquors.
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The wine merchants of Nice brew and balderdash, and
even
mix it with pigeon's dung and quicklime. --Smollett.
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Bedash
(gcide) | Bedash \Be*dash"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedashed (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Bedashing.]
To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to
bespatter. "Trees bedashed with rain." --Shak.
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Bedashed
(gcide) | Bedash \Be*dash"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedashed (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Bedashing.]
To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to
bespatter. "Trees bedashed with rain." --Shak.
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Bedashing
(gcide) | Bedash \Be*dash"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bedashed (?); p. pr. &
vb. n. Bedashing.]
To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to
bespatter. "Trees bedashed with rain." --Shak.
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Berdash
(gcide) | Berdash \Ber"dash\, n.
A kind of neckcloth. [Obs.]
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A treatise against the cravat and berdash. --Steele.
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Dashboard
(gcide) | Dashboard \Dash"board`\ (d[a^]sh"b[=o]rd`), n.
1. A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or
other vehicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up
by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called
splashboard.
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2. (Naut.)
(a) The float of a paddle wheel.
(b) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the
spray; -- called also sprayboard.
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3. an instrument panel beneath the front window of a motor
vehicle (such as an automobile or truck), containing
indicating gauges and dials, such as the speedometer and
fuel gauges, and sometimes certain control knobs or other
devices.
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Dashed
(gcide) | Dash \Dash\ (d[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dashed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dashing.] [Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat,
strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow.]
1. To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike
violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
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If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of
the water, it maketh a sound. --Bacon.
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2. To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to
crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
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Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's
vessel. --Ps. ii. 9.
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A brave vessel, . . .
Dashed all to pieces. --Shak.
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To perplex and dash
Maturest counsels. --Milton.
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3. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to
depress. --South.
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Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car. --Pope.
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4. 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.
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I take care to dash the character with such
particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured
applications. --Addison.
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The very source and fount of day
Is dashed with wandering isles of night. --Tennyson.
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5. To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute
rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash
off a review or sermon.
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6. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with
out; as, to dash out a word.
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Dasheen
(gcide) | Dasheen \Dash`een"\ (d[a^]sh`[=e]n"), n.
1. A tropical aroid (of the genus Caladium, syn.
Colocasia) having an edible farinaceous root. It is
related to the taro and to the tanier, but is much
superior to it in quality and is as easily cooked as the
potato. It is a staple food plant of the tropics, being
prepared like potatoes, and has been introduced into the
Southern United States.
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2. a herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics
for its edible root and in temperate areas as an
ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
Syn: taro, taro plant, dalo, Colocasia esculenta.
[WordNet 1.5]
3. the edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
Syn: taro, cocoyam, eddo.
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4. a tropical starchy tuberous root.
Syn: taro, taro root, cocoyam, edda.
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dasher
(gcide) | dasher \dash"er\ (d[a^]sh"[~e]r), n.
1. That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn.
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2. A dashboard or splashboard. [U. S.]
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3. One who makes an ostentatious parade. [Low]
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Dashing
(gcide) | Dash \Dash\ (d[a^]sh), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dashed; p. pr. &
vb. n. Dashing.] [Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat,
strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow.]
1. To throw with violence or haste; to cause to strike
violently or hastily; -- often used with against.
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If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of
the water, it maketh a sound. --Bacon.
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2. To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to
crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
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Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's
vessel. --Ps. ii. 9.
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A brave vessel, . . .
Dashed all to pieces. --Shak.
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To perplex and dash
Maturest counsels. --Milton.
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3. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to
depress. --South.
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Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car. --Pope.
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4. 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.
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I take care to dash the character with such
particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured
applications. --Addison.
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The very source and fount of day
Is dashed with wandering isles of night. --Tennyson.
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5. To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute
rapidly, or with careless haste; -- with off; as, to dash
off a review or sermon.
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6. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with
out; as, to dash out a word.
[1913 Webster]Dashing \Dash"ing\, a.
Bold; spirited; showy.
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The dashing and daring spirit is preferable to the
listless. --T. Campbell.
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Dashingly
(gcide) | Dashingly \Dash"ing*ly\, adv.
Conspicuously; showily. [Colloq.]
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A dashingly dressed gentleman. --Hawthorne.
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Dashism
(gcide) | Dashism \Dash"ism\ (-[i^]z'm), n.
The character of making ostentatious or blustering parade or
show. [R. & Colloq.]
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He must fight a duel before his claim to . . . dashism
can be universally allowed. --V. Knox.
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dash-pot
(gcide) | dashpot \dash"pot`\, dash-pot \dash-pot\(d[a^]sh"p[o^]t`), n.
(Mach.)
a mechanical damping device containing a piston that moves in
a fluid-filled chamber to serve as a pneumatic or hydraulic
cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam
engine, to prevent shock.
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Note: It consists of a chamber, containing air or a liquid,
in which a piston (a), attached to the weight, falls
freely until it enters a space (as below the openings,
b) from which the air or liquid can escape but slowly
(as through cock c), when its fall is gradually
checked.
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Note: A cataract of an engine is sometimes called a dashpot.
[1913 Webster]Cataract \Cat"a*ract\, n. [L. cataracta, catarracles, a
waterfall, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to break down; in the passive, to
fall or rush down (of tumors) to burst; kata` down + ? to
break.]
1. A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall.
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2. (Surg.) An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its
capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light
and impairs or destroys the sight.
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3. (Mach.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the
action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes
called dashpot.
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dashpot
(gcide) | dashpot \dash"pot`\, dash-pot \dash-pot\(d[a^]sh"p[o^]t`), n.
(Mach.)
a mechanical damping device containing a piston that moves in
a fluid-filled chamber to serve as a pneumatic or hydraulic
cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam
engine, to prevent shock.
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Note: It consists of a chamber, containing air or a liquid,
in which a piston (a), attached to the weight, falls
freely until it enters a space (as below the openings,
b) from which the air or liquid can escape but slowly
(as through cock c), when its fall is gradually
checked.
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Note: A cataract of an engine is sometimes called a dashpot.
[1913 Webster]Cataract \Cat"a*ract\, n. [L. cataracta, catarracles, a
waterfall, Gr. ?, ?, fr. ? to break down; in the passive, to
fall or rush down (of tumors) to burst; kata` down + ? to
break.]
1. A great fall of water over a precipice; a large waterfall.
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2. (Surg.) An opacity of the crystalline lens, or of its
capsule, which prevents the passage of the rays of light
and impairs or destroys the sight.
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3. (Mach.) A kind of hydraulic brake for regulating the
action of pumping engines and other machines; -- sometimes
called dashpot.
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Dashy
(gcide) | Dashy \Dash"y\, a. [From Dash.]
Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable;
showy. [Colloq.]
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Haberdash
(gcide) | Haberdash \Hab"er*dash\ (h[a^]b"[~e]r*d[a^]sh), v. i. [See
Haberdasher.]
To deal in small wares. [R.]
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To haberdash in earth's base ware. --Quarles.
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Haberdasher
(gcide) | Haberdasher \Hab"er*dash`er\ (h[a^]b"[~e]r*d[a^]sh`[~e]r), n.
[Prob. fr. Icel. hapurtask trumpery, trifles, perh. through
French. It is possibly akin to E. haversack, and to Icel.
taska trunk, chest, pocket, G. tasche pocket, and the orig.
sense was perh., peddler's wares.]
1. A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and
thread. [Obs.]
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2. A dealer in items of men's clothing, such as hats, gloves,
neckties, etc.
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The haberdasher heapeth wealth by hats. --Gascoigne.
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3. A dealer in drapery goods of various descriptions, as
laces, silks, trimmings, etc.
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Haberdashery
(gcide) | Haberdashery \Hab"er*dash`er*y\
(h[a^]b"[~e]r*d[a^]sh`[~e]r*[y^]), n.
The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also (Fig.),
trifles. --Burke.
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Interdash
(gcide) | Interdash \In`ter*dash"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interdashed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Interdashing.]
To dash between or among; to intersperse. --Cowper.
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Interdashed
(gcide) | Interdash \In`ter*dash"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interdashed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Interdashing.]
To dash between or among; to intersperse. --Cowper.
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Interdashing
(gcide) | Interdash \In`ter*dash"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Interdashed; p.
pr. & vb. n. Interdashing.]
To dash between or among; to intersperse. --Cowper.
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Slapdash
(gcide) | Slapdash \Slap"dash`\, v. t.
To apply, or apply something to, in a hasty, careless, or
rough manner; to roughcast; as, to slapdash mortar or paint
on a wall, or to slapdash a wall. [Colloq.] --Halliwell.
[1913 Webster]Slapdash \Slap"dash`\, adv. [Slap + dash.]
1. In a bold, careless manner; at random. [Colloq.]
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2. With a slap; all at once; slap. [Colloq.] --Prior.
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Spatterdashed
(gcide) | Spatterdashed \Spat"ter*dashed`\, a.
Wearing spatterdashes. [Colloq.] --Thackeray.
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Spatterdashes
(gcide) | Spatterdashes \Spat"ter*dash`es\, n. pl. [Spatter + dash.]
Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud;
long gaiters.
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Splatterdash
(gcide) | Splatterdash \Splat"ter*dash`\, n.
Uproar. --Jamieson.
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To cut a dash
(gcide) | Cut \Cut\ (k[u^]t), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Cut; p. pr. & vb. n.
Cutting.] [OE. cutten, kitten, ketten; prob. of Celtic
origin; cf. W. cwtau to shorten, curtail, dock, cwta
bobtailed, cwt tail, skirt, Gael. cutaich to shorten,
curtail, dock, cutach short, docked, cut a bobtail, piece,
Ir. cut a short tail, cutach bobtailed. Cf. Coot.]
1. To separate the parts of with, or as with, a sharp
instrument; to make an incision in; to gash; to sever; to
divide.
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You must cut this flesh from off his breast. --Shak.
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Before the whistling winds the vessels fly,
With rapid swiftness cut the liquid way. --Pope.
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2. To sever and cause to fall for the purpose of gathering;
to hew; to mow or reap.
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Thy servants can skill to cut timer. --2. Chron.
ii. 8
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3. To sever and remove by cutting; to cut off; to dock; as,
to cut the hair; to cut the nails.
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4. To castrate or geld; as, to cut a horse.
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5. To form or shape by cutting; to make by incision, hewing,
etc.; to carve; to hew out.
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Why should a man. whose blood is warm within,
Sit like his grandsire cut in alabaster? --Shak.
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Loopholes cut through thickest shade. --Milton.
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6. To wound or hurt deeply the sensibilities of; to pierce;
to lacerate; as, sarcasm cuts to the quick.
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The man was cut to the heart. --Addison.
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7. To intersect; to cross; as, one line cuts another at right
angles.
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8. To refuse to recognize; to ignore; as, to cut a person in
the street; to cut one's acquaintance. [Colloq.]
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9. To absent one's self from; as, to cut an appointment, a
recitation. etc. [Colloq.]
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An English tradesman is always solicitous to cut the
shop whenever he can do so with impunity. --Thomas
Hamilton.
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10. (Cricket) To deflect (a bowled ball) to the off, with a
chopping movement of the bat.
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11. (Billiards, etc.) To drive (an object ball) to either
side by hitting it fine on the other side with the cue
ball or another object ball.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
12. (Lawn Tennis, etc.) To strike (a ball) with the racket
inclined or struck across the ball so as to put a certain
spin on the ball.
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13. (Croquet) To drive (a ball) to one side by hitting with
another ball.
[Webster 1913 Suppl.]
To cut a caper. See under Caper.
To cut the cards, to divide a pack of cards into portions,
in order to determine the deal or the trump, or to change
the cards to be dealt.
To cut both ways, to have effects both advantageous and
disadvantageous.
To cut corners, to deliberately do an incomplete or
imperfect job in order to save time or money.
To cut a dash or To cut a figure, to make a display of
oneself; to give a conspicuous impression. [Colloq.]
To cut down.
(a) To sever and cause to fall; to fell; to prostrate.
"Timber . . . cut down in the mountains of Cilicia."
--Knolles.
(b) To put down; to abash; to humble. [Obs] "So great is
his natural eloquence, that he cuts down the finest
orator." --Addison
(c) To lessen; to retrench; to curtail; as, to cut down
expenses.
(d) (Naut.) To raze; as, to cut down a frigate into a
sloop.
To cut the knot or To cut the Gordian knot, to dispose of
a difficulty summarily; to solve it by prompt, arbitrary
action, rather than by skill or patience.
To cut lots, to determine lots by cuttings cards; to draw
lots.
To cut off.
(a) To sever; to separate.
[1913 Webster +PJC]
I would to God, . . .
The king had cut off my brother's. --Shak.
(b) To put an untimely death; to put an end to; to
destroy. "Iren[ae]us was likewise cut off by
martyrdom." --Addison.
(c) To interrupt; as, to cut off communication; to cut
off (the flow of) steam from (the boiler to) a steam
engine.
(d) To intercept; as,, to cut off an enemy's retreat.
(e) To end; to finish; as, to cut off further debate.
To cut out.
(a) To remove by cutting or carving; as, to cut out a
piece from a board.
(b) To shape or form by cutting; as, to cut out a
garment. " A large forest cut out into walks."
--Addison.
(c) To scheme; to contrive; to prepare; as, to cut out
work for another day. "Every man had cut out a place
for himself." --Addison.
(d) To step in and take the place of; to supplant; as, to
cut out a rival. [Colloq.]
(e) To debar. "I am cut out from anything but common
acknowledgments." --Pope.
(f) To seize and carry off (a vessel) from a harbor, or
from under the guns of an enemy.
(g) to separate from the midst of a number; as, to cut
out a steer from a herd; to cut out a car from a
train.
(h) to discontinue; as, to cut out smoking.
To cut to pieces.
(a) To cut into pieces; as, to cut cloth to pieces.
(b) To slaughter; as, to cut an army to pieces.
To cut a play (Drama), to shorten it by leaving out
passages, to adapt it for the stage.
To cut rates (Railroads, etc.), to reduce the charges for
transportation below the rates established between
competing lines.
To cut short, to arrest or check abruptly; to bring to a
sudden termination. "Achilles cut him short, and thus
replied." --Dryden.
To cut stick, to make off clandestinely or precipitately.
[Slang]
To cut teeth, to put forth teeth; to have the teeth pierce
through the gum and appear.
To have cut one's eyeteeth, to be sharp and knowing.
[Colloq.]
To cut one's wisdom teeth, to come to years of discretion.
To cut under, to undersell; as, to cut under a competitor
in trade; more commonly referred to as undercut.
To cut up.
(a) To cut to pieces; as, to cut up an animal, or bushes.
(b) To damage or destroy; to injure; to wound; as, to cut
up a book or its author by severe criticism. "This
doctrine cuts up all government by the roots."
--Locke.
(c) To afflict; to discourage; to demoralize; as, the
death of his friend cut him up terribly. [Colloq.]
--Thackeray.
[1913 Webster +PJC] |
Undashed
(gcide) | Undashed \Undashed\
See dashed. |
balderdash
(wn) | balderdash
n 1: trivial nonsense [syn: balderdash, fiddle-faddle,
piffle] |
dash
(wn) | dash
n 1: distinctive and stylish elegance; "he wooed her with the
confident dash of a cavalry officer" [syn: dash, elan,
flair, panache, style]
2: a quick run [syn: dash, sprint]
3: a footrace run at top speed; "he is preparing for the
100-yard dash"
4: a punctuation mark (-) used between parts of a compound word
or between the syllables of a word when the word is divided
at the end of a line of text [syn: hyphen, dash]
5: the longer of the two telegraphic signals used in Morse code
[syn: dash, dah]
6: the act of moving with great haste; "he made a dash for the
door" [syn: dash, bolt]
v 1: run or move very quickly or hastily; "She dashed into the
yard" [syn: dart, dash, scoot, scud, flash,
shoot]
2: break into pieces, as by striking or knocking over; "Smash a
plate" [syn: smash, dash]
3: hurl or thrust violently; "He dashed the plate against the
wall"; "Waves were dashing against the rock" [syn: crash,
dash]
4: destroy or break; "dashed ambitions and hopes"
5: cause to lose courage; "dashed by the refusal" [syn: daunt,
dash, scare off, pall, frighten off, scare away,
frighten away, scare]
6: add an enlivening or altering element to; "blue paint dashed
with white" |
dash down
(wn) | dash down
v 1: write down hastily; "She dashed off a letter to her lawyer"
[syn: dash down, dash off] |
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