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rasher

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  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]: 
 
  Rasher  \Rash"er\,  n.  [In  sense  1,  probably  fr  rash,  a.,  as 
  being  hastily  cooked.] 
  1.  A  thin  slice  of  bacon. 
 
  2.  (Zo["o]l.)  A  California  rockfish  ({Sebastichthys 
  miniatus}). 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  rasher 
  n  :  commercially  important  fish  of  the  North  American  Pacific 
  coast  [syn:  {vermillion  rockfish},  {Sebastodes  miniatus}]




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