Squash1, v. t.
(skwŏsh), v. t. [Eng. quash, q. v., or from O. Fr. escacher, esquachier, to squash, to crush.] To beat or press into pulp, or a flat mass; to crush.
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Squash
Squash2, n.
n. 1. Something soft and easily crushed; especially, an unripe pod of pease.
Not old enough for a man, nor young enough for a boy, as a squash is, before ’tis a peascod. Shak.
Sense 2. Hence, something unripe or soft. [In contempt.] “This squash, this gentleman.” Shak.
Sense 3. A sudden fall of a heavy, soft body; a shock of soft bodies.
My fall was stopped by a terrible squash. Swift.
Squash3, n.
n. [Mass. Indian asq, pl. asquash, raw, green, immature, applied to fruit and vegetables which were used when green, or without cooking; askutasquash, vine-apple.] (Bot.) A plant and its fruit, of the genus Cucurbita, or gourd kind.
Squash4, n.
[Cf. MUSQUASH.] (Zool.) An American animal allied to the weasel. Goldsmith.