Dash (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Dashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Dashing.] [Of. Scand. origin; cf. Dan daske to beat, strike, Sw. & Icel. daska, Dan. & Sw. dask blow.] 1. To throw with violence 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.
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.