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rash |
7 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rash \Rash\, v. t. [For arace] 1. To pull off or pluck violently. [Obs.] 2. To slash; to hack; to slice. [Obs.] Rushing of helms and riving plates asunder. --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rash \Rash\, n. [OF. rashe an eruption, scurf, F. rache; fr (assumed) LL rasicare to scratch, fr L. radere rasum, to scrape, scratch, shave. See {Rase}, and cf {Rascal}.] (Med.) A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation. {Canker rash}. See in the Vocabulary. {Nettle rash}. See {Urticaria}. {Rose rash}. See {Roseola}. {Tooth rash}. See {Red-gum}. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rash \Rash\, n. [Cf. F. ras short-nap cloth, It & Sp raso satin (cf. {Rase}); or cf It rascia serge, G. rasch, probably fr Arras in France (cf. {Arras}).] An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted. [Obs.] --Donne. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rash \Rash\, a. [Compar. {Rasher}; superl. {Rashest}.] [Probably of Scand. origin; cf Dan. & Sw rask quick, brisk, rash, Icel. r["o]skr vigorous, brave, akin to D. & G. rasch quick, of uncertain origin.] 1. Sudden in action quick; hasty. [Obs.] ``Strong as aconitum or rash gunpowder.'' --Shak. 2. Requiring sudden action pressing; urgent. [Obs.] I scarce have leisure to salute you My matter is so rash. --Shak. 3. 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. 4. Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as rash words rash measures. 5. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn. [Prov. Eng.] Syn: Precipitate; headlong; headstrong; foolhardy; hasty; indiscreet; heedless; thoughtless; incautious; careless; inconsiderate; unwary. Usage: {Rash}, {Adventurous}, {Foolhardy}. A man is adventurous who incurs risk or hazard from a love of the arduous and the bold. A man is rash who does it from the mere impulse of his feelings, without counting the cost. A man is foolhardy who throws himself into danger in disregard or defiance of the consequences. Was never known a more adventurous knight. --Dryden. Her rush hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat. --Milton. If any yet to be foolhardy To expose themselves to vain jeopardy; If they come wounded off and lame, No honors got by such a maim. --Hudibras. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Rash \Rash\, v. t. To prepare with haste. [Obs.] --Foxe. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: rash adj 1: imprudently incurring risk; "do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith 2: marked by unthinking boldness; with defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb the World Trade Center" [syn: {foolhardy}, {reckless}] n 1: any eruption of the skin [syn: {eruption}, {efflorescence}, {skin eruption}, {skin rash}] 2: a series of unexpected unpleasant occurrences; "a rash of bank robberies" From THE DEVIL'S DICTIONARY ((C)1911 Released April 15 1993) [devils]: RASH, adj Insensible to the value of our advice. "Now lay your bet with mine, nor let These gamblers take your cash." "Nay, this child makes no bet." "Great snakes! How can you be so rash?" Bootle P. Gish
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