TRASH

n. v.

8 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
n.

That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse. Who steals my purse steals trash. Shak. A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin. Landor.

2.
n.

Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or the like.

3.
n.

A worthless person. [R.] Shak.

4.
n.

A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game. Markham. Trash ice, crumbled ice mixed with water.

5.
v.

To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane. B. Edwards.

6.
v.

To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush. [Obs.]

7.
v.

To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously. [R.] Beau. & Fl.

8.
v.

To follow with violence and trampling. [R.] The Puritan (1607).

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