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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1827, 1880-1912
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†PASH, v., n.2
I. v. To smash, shatter, break violently to pieces, mash. Also in Eng. dial.Fif. 1827 W. Tennant Papistry Storm'd 93:
Some hit the head [of a statue], and some the showther, Some pash'd at ance the pow to powther.Per. 1912 J. & H. Findlater Sc. Stories 14:
The soil around it was pashed into ill-smelling mud by the ducks.
II. n. A heavy blow, a crashing stroke.Sc. 1880 Border Counties Mag. 166:
Black Adam, wi' ane heavy pash Bluid frae his forehead drew.
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