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A change-speed gear in which the gears are changed by sliding endwise.

With clashing.

To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence. [R.] He shakt his head, and crasht his teeth for ire. Fairfax.

The noise of many things falling and breaking at once. There shall be . . . a great crashing from the hills. Zeph. i. 10.

ce or haste; to cause to strike violently or hastily; -- often used with against. If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of the water, it maketh a sound. Bacon.

ter, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard.

A tropical aroid (of the genus Caladium, syn. Colocasia) having an edible farinaceous root. It is related to the taro and to the tanier, but is much superior to it in quality and is as easily cooked as the potato. It is a staple food plant of the tropics, being prepared like potatoes, and has been introduced into the S…

That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn.

Bold; spirited; showy. The dashing and daring spirit is preferable to the listless. T. Campbell.

Conspicuously; showily. [Colloq.] A dashingly dressed gentleman. Hawthorne.

blustering parade or show. [R. & Colloq.] He must fight a duel before his claim to . . . dashism can be universally allowed. V. Knox.

A pneumatic or hydraulic cushion for a falling weight, as in the valve gear of a steam engine, to prevent shock.

Calculated to arrest attention; ostentatiously fashionable; showy. [Colloq.]

To disfigure. [Obs.] Sir T. More.

One who, or that which, washes dishes.

A variety of squash with small egg-shaped fruit.

To turn into cash; to cash. Sat. Rev.

The payment in cash of a note, draft, etc.

The fringe of hair that edges the eyelid; -- usually in the pl.

See Eyewater.