Definition of dash

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Dash (n.) 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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Poss :: Poss (v. t.) To push; to dash; to throw.
Dash :: Dash (n.) A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash..
Wreck :: Wreck (v. t.) The ruins of a ship stranded; a ship dashed against rocks or land, and broken, or otherwise rendered useless, by violence and fracture; as, they burned the wreck..
Staves :: Stave (v. i.) To burst in pieces by striking against something; to dash into fragments.
Split :: Split (v. i.) To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.
Dashboard :: Dashboard (n.) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard.
Allision :: Allision (n.) The act of dashing against, or striking upon..
Plangent :: Plangent (a.) Beating; dashing, as a wave..
Haberdash :: Haberdash (v. i.) To deal in small wares.
Balderdash :: Balderdash (n.) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors..
Dash :: Dash (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..
Dasher :: Dasher (n.) One who makes an ostentatious parade.
Dash :: Dash (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..
Smash :: Smash (v. t.) To break in pieces by violence; to dash to pieces; to crush.
Dash :: Dash (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..
Dang :: Dang (v. t.) To dash.
Dashpot :: Dashpot (n.) A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock..
Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word..
Quash :: Quash (v. i.) To be shaken, or dashed about, with noise..
Smash :: Smash (n.) A breaking or dashing to pieces; utter destruction; wreck.
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