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In an abashed manner.

The state of being abashed; confusion from shame.

Washed by the waves or tide; -- said of a rock or strip of shore, or (Naut.) of an anchor, etc., when flush with the surface of the water, so that the waves break over it.

The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.…

To clean the oil from (wood) after combing.

. Indeed beer, by a mixture of wine, hath lost both name and nature, and is called balderdash. Taylor (Drink and Welcome).

To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance. [Obs.] His countenance was bold and bashed not. Spenser.

A Turkish title of honor, now written pasha. See Pasha.

Abashed; daunted; dismayed. [Obs.]

In a bashful manner.

The quality of being bashful.

A soldier belonging to the irregular troops of the Turkish army.

Shameless; unblushing. [Obs.] Spenser.

See Basyle.

To wet by dashing or throwing water or other liquid upon; to bespatter. "Trees bedashed with rain." Shak.

,n.A kind of neckcloth. [Obs.] A treatise against the cravat and berdash. Steele.

To drench or souse with water. "Let the maids bewash the men." Herrick.

A major in the Turkish army.

A wash that blackens, as opposed to whitewash; hence, figuratively, calumny. To remove as far as he can the modern layers of black wash, and let the man himself, fair or foul, be seen. C. Kingsley.

A rash or eruption; a sudden or transient fit of sickness.