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The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather, or of cords, braided or twisted.

With the sails furled, and the helm lashed alee; -- applied to ships in a storm. See Hull, n.

A secret language or conventional slang peculiar to thieves, tramps, and vagabonds; flash.

Characteristic of the street called the Bowery, in New York city; swaggering; flashy.

A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness. [Poetic] Tennyson. Paradise, so late their happy seat, Waved over by that flaming brand. Milton.

To make or utter with a loud, discordant, or harsh and grating sound. Arms on armor clashing, brayed Horrible discord. MIlton. And varying notes the war pipes brayed. Sir W. Scott.

A large four-wheeled carriage, having a straight body and calash top, with the driver's seat in front and the footman's behind.

of a chasm. Also Fig. "The brink of vice." Bp. Porteus. "The brink of ruin." Burke. The plashy brink of weedy lake. Bryant.

A long carriage, with a calash top, so constructed as to give space for reclining at night, when used on a journey.

A light, four-wheeled vehicle, usually with one seat, and with or without a calash top. [U.S.] Buggy cultivator, a cultivator with a seat for the driver. -- Buggy plow, a plow, or set of plows, having a seat for the driver; -- called also sulky plow.

A one-horse carriage with two seats and a calash top.

See Calash.

A kind of calash. See Carryall.

A kind of raft or float, consisting of two or more logs or pieces of wood lashed together, and moved by paddles or sail; -- used as a surf boat and for other purposes on the coasts of the East and West Indies and South America. Modified forms are much used in the lumber regions of North America, and at life-saving stat…

A two-wheeled carriage for two persons, with a calash top, and the body hung on leather straps, or thoroughbraces. It is usually drawn by one horse.

To clash or interfere. [R.] Bacon.

The eyelashes.

Pertaining to the cilia, or eyelashes. Also applied to special parts of the eye itself; as, the ciliary processes of the choroid coat; the ciliary muscle, etc.

yet be readily released. It is bolted by the middle to a deck or mast, etc., or it may be lashed to a rope.

the Atlantic ocean (Dutes auriga); -- called also charioteer. The name refers to a long, lashlike spine of the dorsal fin.