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First published 1952 (SND Vol. III). Includes material from the 1976 supplement.
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Quotation dates: 1794
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DASH, v., n.1 Sc. usages.
†1. v.
(1) To make ornamental flourishes when writing (Sc. 1808 Jam.). A similar use is found in Eng. a.1680 (N.E.D.).
(2) To overdrive (a horse), to jade or exhaust him by hard riding or working (Sc. a.1838 Jam. MSS. X. 57).
2. n. In phrs. (1) to cast a dash, see Cast, v., IV. 3; (2) a dash o(f) rain (weet), “a sudden fall of rain” (Dmf., Rxb. 1825 Jam.2, -weet); known to Bnff.2, Abd.9, Lnk.3 1939.(2) e.Lth. 1794 G. Buchan-Hepburn Agric. e.Lth. 17:
Almost the whole of the year 1792 was one continued dash of rain.
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