2. To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin.
Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel.
Ps. ii. 9.
A brave vessel, . . .
Dashed all to pieces.
Shak.
To perplex and dash
Maturest counsels.
Milton. 3. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress. South.
Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car.
Pope. 4. To throw in or on in a rapid, careless manner; to mix, reduce, or adulterate, by throwing in something
of an inferior quality; to overspread partially; to bespatter; to touch here and there; as, to dash wine with
water; to dash paint upon a picture.
I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications.
Addison.
The very source and fount of day
Is dashed with wandering isles of night.
Tennyson. 5. To form or sketch rapidly or carelessly; to execute rapidly, or with careless haste; — with off; as, to
dash off a review or sermon.
6. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; — with out; as, to dash out a word.
Dash
(Dash), v. i. To rush with violence; to move impetuously; to strike violently; as, the waves dash
upon rocks.
[He] dashed through thick and thin.
Dryden.
On each hand the gushing waters play,
And down the rough cascade all dashing fall.
Thomson. Dash
(Dash), n.
1. Violent striking together of two bodies; collision; crash.
2. A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash.
3. A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red
with a dash of purple.
Innocence when it has in it a dash of folly.
Addison. 4. A rapid movement, esp. one of short duration; a quick stroke or blow; a sudden onset or rush; as, a
bold dash at the enemy; a dash of rain.
She takes upon her bravely at first dash.
Shak. 5. Energy in style or action; animation; spirit.
6. A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash. [Low]
7. (Punctuation) A mark or line [—], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition
in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected
or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis.
John Wilson.
