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    Dash , 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.
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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, 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, 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 [ยท] 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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