Rash

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RASH, adj., adv. and v.1 Sc. Nhb. Cum. Wm. Yks.
Chs. Der. Not. Lin. Nhp. Wor. Bdf. Suf. Sus. I.W. Wil.
Som. Dev. Cor. Also written rasch Sc. (Jam.); and in
forms raysh Nhp.1; resh Wm. Suf.1 [raʃ, ræʃ.] 1. adj.
Brisk, hale, hearty.
Sc. (Jam.) N.Cy.1 She was very rash when I left her; but she's
sair failed now. Nhb.1 She's myest siventy, but she's the rashest
i' the hoose yit. Lakel.1; Lakel.2 ‘Hoo er ye?’ ‘Oh, Ah's as
rash as can be.’ Cum. I'se quite young and rash, Anderson
Ballads (1805) 91; Cum.1 Cum.4 Wm. (M.P.); Ah's gaily resh (B.K.).
2. Eager, quick, impetuous.
s.Chs.1 nw.Der.1 Applied to horses. Cor. I'm so rash that I
cut myself, Hammond Parish (1897) 343.
Hence Rashly, adv. eagerly, hastily.
Cum.4 Obsol. Rashly they scale the scatteran swathe, Stagg
Misc. Poems (ed. 1805) 119. s.Chs.1 I once heard a Wesleyan
local preacher say in his sermon that ‘the Egyptians were following
rashly behind the Israelites.’
3. Impatient of restraint, hot-tempered; severely harsh.
Not. He's so good with young horses, he's never rash with them
(L.C.M.). s.Not. The filly wor so rash, a niver tho't a should
mester 'er (J.P.K.). sw.Lin.1 His father's so rash with him.
Nhp.1 Wor. Porson Quaint Wds. (1875). Bdf. Contains the
notion of violence. ‘If my father had not been so rash with me,’
&c. (J.W.B.)
Hence Rashly, adv. in a severely harsh manner.
Bdf. They went on so rashly together (J.W.B.).
4. Of an oven, &c. hot. Sus. (S.P.H.) 5. Rough,
awkward in handling.
w.Som.1 You be to rash by half, you'll tear the cover o' un all to
pieces. Dev. The sandpaper be hardly rash enough to get off the
rist, Reports Provinc. (1889). s.Dev. Fox Kingsbridge (1874).
6. Of corn: loosened in the husk with dryness; also of
vegetables and wood: crisp, fresh; brittle.
N.Cy.1 N.Cy.2 Yks. Morton Cyclo. Agric. (1863). w.Yks.1 Lin. The
corn does not come very rash (R.E.C.). n.Lin.1, sw.Lin.1, Nhp.1
Suf.1 Carrots are sometimes too rash for cattle, when just taken up,
with their moisture in them. I.W. (C.J.V.) Cor.1 This lettuce
is very rash. The wood is rash; Cor.2
Hence Rash-ripe, adj. of grain in the ear: overripe,
so that it falls out easily. sw.Lin.1 7. adv. Quickly,
eagerly, hurriedly.
s.Chs.1 We speak of a horse drawing too rash. Sus. Whose
landlady apologised to him for the charcoal-like condition of his
toast on the ground that the servant had ‘cooked it too rash,’
Egerton Flks. and Ways (1884) 39.
8. In a severely harsh manner.
Bdf. He spoke so rash to his wife (J.W.B.).
9. Of a fire: fiercely, clearly.
Sus.1 The fire burns middlin' rash (s.v. Rackon).
10. Roughly, awkwardly.
w.Som.1 You'll tear the cover o' un all to pieces; he wadn a-made
vor to be a-sar'd so rash.
11. v. To air or dry thoroughly; to burn in cooking.
ne.Yks.1 Esp. of clothes by the fire. e.Yks. Them sheets has
been well rashed (Miss A.). Wil. How sadly this pudding has
been rashed in the oven (Hall.); Wil.1
12. With out: obs., to blab, to publish imprudently.
Sc. It is good that I hide myself, and not rash out all my mind...
and testimony at once, Bruce Lectures (1708) 15 (Jam.).
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RASH, v.2 and sb.1 Sc. Also written rasch. [raʃ.]
1. v. To descend heavily; to dash down; as rain: also
used fig.
Sc. An' the rain raschet doun, an' the fluids cam', Henderson
S. Matt. (1862) vii. 27. Cai.1 Hid's rashan at 'e rain. Gall. Hear
to the rain rashing, Mactaggart Encycl. (1824).
2. To dash, rush about; to thrust.
Fif. At it, swap! baith horse and man, Windflaucht thegither
rasch'd and ran, Tennant Papistry (1827) 143. s.Sc. (Jam.) Lnk.
I shall rash my pike through your soul, Wodrow Ch. Hist. (1721)
II. 56, ed. 1828.
3. To twinge with sudden pain. Sh.&Ork.1 4. sb. A
sudden fall of rain.
Cld., Lth. (Jam.) Gall. Attended with wind, Mactaggart Encycl.
(1824).
5. A sudden twinge of pain.
Sh.I. A-ah! fir dat rashes whin I mov' me neck, Sh. News
(July 14, 1900); Sh.&Ork.1
6. A crowd. Lnk. (Jam.)
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RASH, sb.2 Sc. Yks. [raʃ.] 1. A row; a number
of anything.
s.Sc. I was working at the loom, wi' my leather apron on, an' a rash
o' loom needles in my cuff, Hogg Winter Tales (1820) I. 312 (Jam.).
2. A narrow piece of arable land left uncultivated.
m.Yks.1 3. Of meat: a slice.
w.Yks.3 A rash of beef, a beefsteak.
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RASH, v.3 Lei.1 [raʃ.] with out: to break out in a
sweat; gen. applied to horses.
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RASH, see Rush, sb.1
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RASH, adv. 7. s.Wor. (H.K.)

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