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Webster's Dictionary (1865)

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Rash

Rāsh, a.

adjective

a. [compar. RASHER; superl. RASHEST.] [D. & N. H. Ger. rasch, O. H. Ger. rasc, L. Ger., Dan., & Sw. rask, Icel. röskr. Cf. Icel. rask, tumult, raska, to move; A-S. rāscian, to vibrate.] 1. Hasty; quick; sudden; rapid; urgent; as, a rash fire. “Rash gunpowder.” Shak. I have scarce leisure to salute you, My matter is so rash. Shak.

  1. Especially, hasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; — said of persons; as, a rash statesman or minister; a rash commander.
  2. Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.
  3. So dry as to fall out with handling, as corn. [Prov. Eng.] Grose.

Syn. — Precipitate; headlong; headstrong; foolhardy; hasty; indiscreet; heedless; thoughtless; inconsiderate; careless; incautious; unwary. — 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 rash hand, in evil hour, Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat. Milton. If any yet be so foolhardy To expose themselves to vain jeopardy; If they come wounded off, and lame, No honor’s got by such a maim. Hudibras.

Rāsh, n.

noun

n. [O. Fr. rasche, N. Fr. rache, the itch; Pr. rasca, from Pr., Sp., & Pg. rascar, to scratch; Lat. as if rasicare, fr. radere, rasum, to scrape, scratch, shave; It. raschiare, i. q. Pr. rasca, O. Fr. rasche, fr. It. raschiare, to scrape, scratch; O. Fr. rascler, N. Fr. racler, Lat. as if rasiculare, fr. radere, rasum.] (Med.) An eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.

Rāsh, n.

noun

n. [Fr. ras, short-nap cloth; It. & Sp. raso, satin, from Lat. rasus, p. p. of radere, to scrape, shave; It. rascia, serge; H. Ger. rasch, L. Ger. rass.] An inferior kind of silk, or silk and stuff manufacture. [Obs.] Donne.

Rāsh, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. [From rĭsh, a.] [Obs.] 1. To strike by a glancing blow; to slash; to cut; to slice. He dreamt the boar had rashed off his helm. Shak. 2. To prepare with haste; to hurry. The former edition of his Acts and Monuments was . . . hastily rashed up at that present in shortness of time. Fuller.