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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.

In a trashy manner.

The quality or state of being trashy.

Like trash; containing much trash; waste; rejected; worthless; useless; as, a trashy novel.

See under Brash.

ion. "The whole tribe abets the villany." South. Would not the fool abet the stealth, Who rashly thus exposed his wealth Gay.

The poisonous herb aconite; also, an extract from it. Strong As aconitum or rash gunpowder. Shak.

Inclined to adventure; willing to incur hazard; prone to embark in hazardous enterprise; rashly daring; -- applied to persons. Bold deed thou hast presumed, adventurous Eve. Milton.

Trashy talk. [Obs.] Ascham.

ozen, thirteen. -- Baker foot, a distorted foot. [Obs.] Jer. Taylor. -- Baker's itch, a rash on the back of the hand, caused by the irritating properties of yeast. -- Baker's salt, the subcarbonate of ammonia, sometimes used instead of soda, in making bread.

Senseless jargon; ribaldry; nonsense; trash.

To punish by blows; to thrash.

A rashlike eruption on the human skin. [U. S.]

Empty talk; contemptible nonsense; trash; humbug. [Colloq.]

in writing or printing, as where there is an omission, an unfilled line, etc. All modern trash is Set forth with numerous breaks and dashes. Swift.

an singing bird (Harporhynchus rufus), allied to the mocking bird; -- also called brown thrasher.

who was supposed often to perform important services around the house by night, such as thrashing, churning, sweeping. [Scot.]

The effect of burnishing; gloss; brightness; luster. Crashaw.

. -- Cane mill, a mill for grinding sugar canes, for the manufacture of sugar. -- Cane trash, the crushed stalks and other refuse of sugar cane, used for fuel, etc.

ut due care; without attention to rule or system; unstudied; inconsiderate; spontaneouse; rash; as, a careless throw; a careless expression. He framed the careless rhyme. Beatie.