hash 
I canna thole the clash . . . 
Of this impertinent auld hanh. 
Ramsay, Poems, II. 455. 
5. Low raillery ; ribaldry. [Colloq.] TO make 
a hash of, to cut or knock to pieces ; make a mess of ; 
destroy or rnin completely. [Colloq.] 
He comes, bold Drake, the chief who made a 
Fine hash of all the powers of Spain. 
Barham, Ingoldsby Legends, II. 349. 
To settle one's bash, to subdue or silence one ; put an 
end to one. [.Slang, j 
Brave Prudhoe triumphant shall skim the wide main, 
The hash of the Yankees he'll nettle. 
Sony, quoted in Brockett's Glossary. 
hash 2 (hash), a. A dialectal variant of harsh. 
hashish, hasheesh (hash'esh), . [< Ar. Pers. 
hashish, herbage, hay, an intoxicating prepara- 
tion of Cannabis sativa, var. Indica, or Indian 
hemp.] 1. The tops and tender parts of In- 
dian henip (Ciiiniabis satien, var. Indica), called 
in India ganjah (which see), together with a res- 
inous exudation upon them, gathered after flow- 
ering. See he/up, and Indian hemp (under hemp). 
2. An intoxicating preparation of this plant, 
which is either smoked or drunk as an infusion: 
called in India bhang (which see). 
The use of Hasheesh which is a preparation of the dried 
leaves of the Cannabis indica has been familiar to the 
East for many centuries. 
B. Taylor, Lands of the Saracen, p. 133. 
hask 1 (hask), a. An obsolete or dialectal form 
of hur.th. 
After dyeing, wool should still feel soft, and not harsh 
or hatsk. Eenedikt, C'oal-tar Colours (trans.), p. 42. 
hask' 2 t, . [W. hcsg, sedge, rushes: see 7<a- 
socA'l.J A ease made of rushes or flags; a 
wicker basket for carrying fish. 
And Phcebus, weary of his yerely taske, 
Ystabled hath his steedes in lowlye laye, 
And taken up his ynne in Fishes haske. 
Spenser, Shep. Cal., November. 
haskardt, . [< hank* + -ard.] Coarse ; unpol- 
ished. 
Homer declarying a very folysshe and a hazard felowe 
(ignavum) under the person of Thersyte, sayth that he was 
streyte in the shulders, and copheeded lyke a gygge. 
Hurnian. 
hasknesst, n. Harshness; huskiness; asthma. 
He hath a great hasknesi. Barman. 
haskwort (hask'wert), n. A broad-leafed bell- 
flower, Campanula latifolia, found throughout 
northern and central Europe. It is a perennial 
herb with broad, doubly serrate leaves (the radical ones 
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A curious hasp 
The manteau 'bout her neck to clasp. 
Ecelyn, Voyage to Marry-land. 
Vpon landing two little trunks, . . . four [fellows] got 
under each trunk, the rest surrounded and held the hasps. 
Goldsmith, To Sir Joshua Reynolds. 
2. A spindle to wind yarn, thread, or silk on. 
[Local.] 3. A thread, string, or skein. 
Parys was pure faire, and a pert knighte ; 
Here [hair] huet on his hede as haspis of silke, 
And in sighkyng it shone as the shyre golde. 
Destruction of Troy (E. E. T. S.), 1. 3899. 
4. A quantity of yarn, the fourth part of a spin- 
dle. 5. An instrument for cutting the surface 
of grass-land. In this sense also called a scari- 
fier Seizin by hasp (or hesp) and staple, in Scots 
law, an old form of giving investiture in burghs, in which 
the heir or purchaser took hold of the hasp and staple as 
a symbol of possession, and then entered the house and 
bolted himself in, the transaction being noted and regis- 
tered by the proper officer. 
hasp (hasp), v. t. [< ME. haspen, < AS. hcepsian 
(transposed from * hantjrian) (= MLG. haspen = 
Dan. haspe, reel, wind; cf. D. haspelen = MLG. 
haspeln = MHG. haspeln, G. haspeln = Sw. 
haspla, reel, wind, hasp, fasten with a bolt); 
from the noun: see hasp, .] 1. To shut or 
fasten with a hasp. 
A dore hong ing ther-on, hasvet ful taste. 
Joseph ofAnwathie (E. E. T. S.), 1. 206. 
To speak indiscreetly what we are obliged to hear, by 
being hasped up with thee in this public vehicle, is in 
some degree assaulting on the high road. 
Steele, Spectator, No. 132. 
2f. To clasp ; inclose ; fasten as if with a hasp. 
And encombred with couetyse the! conne nat out crape, 
So harde hath aueryce hasped hem to-gederes. 
Piert Plowman (C\ ii. 193. 
When he watz hasped in armes, his harnays watz ryche. 
Sir Gauvyne and the Green Kniyht (E. E. T. S.X 1. 590. 
hasp-lock (hasp'lok), n. A lock the hasp of 
which is attached to a lid and carries the lock- 
cordate) and large bell-shaped or funnel-shaped flowers. 
The name is also given to a related species, C. Trachelium, 
the tnroatwort. 
haslet (has'let), n. [Also improp. harslet; < 
ME. hastelete, hastlet, < OF. hastelet (F. dial, hate- 
let), F. hdtellettes, flesh to be roasted, cf. hastille, 
the inwards of a beast, dim. haste, a spit, < L. 
hasta, a spear : see hastate. Cf. haste 2 , haster.'] 
Originally, a piece of flesh to be roasted, es- 
pecially part of the entrails of the wild boar; 
now, the entrails of a beast, especially of a hog, 
as the heart, liver, etc., used for human food. 
Sy then he britnez out the brawen in bryjt brode [sjcheldez, 
& hatz out the haslletlez, as hijtly bisemez. 
Sir Gateayne and the Green Knight (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1612. 
To dinner with my wife, to a good hog's harslet, a piece 
of meat I love, but have not eat of I think these seven 
years. Peiiys, Diary, II. 106. 
haslock (has'lok), . [Sc., appar. < hass = E. 
liaise, the throat, + loctf.] The lock of wool 
that grows on the halse or throat of a sheep; 
hence, the finest quality of wool. Also called 
hassock. 
A tartan plaid, spun of good haslock woo. 
Ramsay, Gentle Shepherd, i. 1. 
hasp (hasp), n. [Also dial. (Sc.) ht-sp, and trans- 
posed haps; < ME. haspe,< AS. htepse (transposed 
from "hcespe), a hasp, bolt, or bar for a door, = 
OHG. haspa, a reel of yarn, MHG. haspe, hespe, 
a hasp, a reel, G. haspe, hiispe, a hasp, clamp, 
hinge, = Icel. hespa, a hasp, a wisp or skein of 
wool, = Sw. haspa, a hasp, = Dan. haspe, a hasp, 
reel ; cf. dim. D. haspel, reel, winder, windle, = 
MLG. haspel, haspe, a spindle, = OHG. haspil, 
MHG. haspel, G. haspel, the hook on which a 
hinge turns, a staple, a reel, windlass. Cf. It. 
aspo, OF. asple, a reel, winder, of G. origin. 
Boot unknown; it is not quite certain that the 
two senses 'clasp' and 'reel' are from the same 
source.] 1. A clasp; especially, a clasp that 
passes over a staple and is fastened by a pin or 
a padlock ; also, a metal hook for fastening a 
door. 
Undernethe is an hasp 
Schet with a stapyl and a clasp, 
And in that hatp a pyn is pylt. 
Jiichard Coer de Lion, 1. 4083. 
ing device. 
hass (has), n. [An assimilated form of halse 1 , 
q. v.] 1. The throat. 2. A narrow pass; a 
defile: used also in place-names. [Scotch in 
both senses.] 
hassagay, hassagay-wood. Same as assagai, 
assagai-toood. 
hassell 1 1, n. [Prob. ult. a var. of hasel, hazel.'] 
An instrument formerly used for breaking flax 
and hemp. Halliwell. 
hassing (has'ing), n. [Also hasson; < hass + 
-ing 1 .'} In mining, a vertical gutter between 
water-rings in a shaft. N. and Q., 7th ser., VI. 
264. [Scotch.] 
hassock 1 (has'ok), n. [< ME. hassok, coarse 
grass, < AS. hasstic (once), a place where coarse 
grass grows, appar. (with term, accom. to dim. 
-uc, -ok, -ock) equiv. to the later (E.) hask%,< 
W. hesg, pi., sedge, rushes, hesgoy, a., sedgy, = 
Corn, hescen, sedge, bulrush, = Ir. seasg, seisg, 
sedge, perhaps = AS. secg, E. sedge, q. v.] 1. 
Coarse grass which grows in rank tufts on bog- 
gy ground ; especially, the large sedge, Carex 
paniculata, the dried tufts of which were used 
in churches for footstools. Forby. [Prov. Eng.] 
After digging out the hassocks [from a swamp] and burn- 
ing them. J. R. Nitholi, Fireside Science, p. 111. 
2. A besom ; anything bushy ; also, a large 
round turf used as a seat. [Scotch.] 3. A 
thick hard cushion used as a footstool or in 
place of a kneeling-bench. 
Buy a mat for a bed, buy a mat, 
A hassock for your feet 
Fletcher and Shirley, Night Walker, v. 
At his coming to his estate he found his parishioners 
very irregular ; and that, in order to make them kneel and 
join in the responses, he gave every one of them a hassoc 
and a Common Prayer Book. 
Addison, Sir Roger at Church. 
And knees and hassocks are well nigh divorced. 
Camper, Task, i. 748. 
4. Kentish ragstone. Also written hassack. 
[Prov. Eng.] 
hassock' 2 (has'ok), n. Same as haslock. 
hassock-grass '(has'ok-gras), n. A species of 
hair-grass, Deschampsia (Aira) cmpitosa. See 
hair-t/rass. 
hast 1 (hast). The second person singular pres- 
ent indicative of hare, contracted from havest. 
hast'-'t, . A Middle English form of haste 1 . 
hastate (has'tat), a. [< NL. hastatus, spear- 
shaped, < L. hasta, a spear: see goad 1 . Cf. 
haste 2 , haslet, etc., from the same source.] 1. 
Furnished with a sharp point or head for thrust- 
ing or cutting : said of a weapon, such as the 
spear, pike, partizan, or battle-ax. 
The fourth [book] is devoted to the hastate weapons. 
Ktferton Castle, p. 44. 
haste 
2. Shaped like the head of a spear ; specifically, 
in bot., triangular nearly down to the base, and 
then abruptly widened into 
two lateral lobes at right an- 
gles to the principal axis : said 
chiefly of leaves. Polygonum ari- 
folium, the tear-thumb, Atriplex pa- 
tula, the orache. and Rumex Acetosel- 
la, the sheep-sorrel, furnish typical 
examples. 
Also haxtiform. 
Hastate abdomen, in entom., an 
abdomen with a large angular horn- 
like projection on the lower surface. 
hastately (has'tat-li), adv. In 
a hastate form. 
haSte 1 (hast), W. [<ME. haste, Hastate Lead 
haste (this sense being late, 
and prob^inE.^of OF. origin ), < AS. hoist, hast, _ 
violence (cf. hoist, a., violent, vehement, hcest-' 
lice, adv., violently; all the AS. forms being 
rare and poet.), = OFries. hcest (not "hast), 
NFries. hosste, haste (cf. OFries. hcest, hast 
(hast), violent, hasty) = MD. haest, D. haast, 
haste (> OF. haste, F. hate, haste), = MLG. 
LG. hast, haste, = MHG. hest, heyst, a., violent, 
= OHG. heist, hoist, violent, G. hast (from LG. t), 
haste, = Sw. OSw. hast, haste, = Dan. hast, 
haste, = Icel. hastr, haste (Haldorsen ; not in 
Cleasby and Vigfusson. where, however, the 
derivs. hastarligr, hasty, hastarliga, hastily). Cf . 
Icel. hastr, harsh, hostugr, harsh. The earliest 
notion is that of ' violence ' or ' vehemence, ' 
but two words may here be merged. The early 
records are scant.] 1. Celerity, primarily of 
voluntary motion ; speed in general ; swiftness 
in doing something; despatch; expedition. 
And sone vppon ordenaunce ganne they make, 
In all the hast poslble. 
Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 244. 
Up they sterte all in hast. 
LyteU Geste of Sobyn Bode (Child's Ballads, V. 113). 
The king's business required haute. 
1 Sam. \ \ i. 3. 
I did not look for you these two hours, lady ; 
Beshrew your haute .' Fletcher, Mad Lover, T. 1. 
2. Too great celerity of action ; unwise, unne- 
cessary, or unseemly quickness ; precipitancy. 
I said in my haste, All men are liars. Ps. cxvL 11. 
The more haste the less speed. Old proverb. 
Haste and choler are Enemies to all great Actions. 
ll,iu;-ll, Letters, it 17. 
Friends, not adopted with a schoolboy's liaate, 
But chosen with a nice discerning taste. 
Cowper, Retirement, 1. 725. 
3. The state of being pressed for time, or of 
having little time to spare ; hurry; eager desire 
to accomplish something in a limited time : as, 
to be in great haste to finish a letter. 
And up he got, in haste to ride, 
But soon came down again. 
Cowper, John Gilpin. 
The haxtr to get rich, and the intense struggles of busi- 
ness rivalry, probably destroy as many lives in America 
every year as are lost in a great battle. 
J. F. Clarke, Sell-Culture, p. 58. 
To make haste, to hasten ; act quickly. 
I thank thee. Yarrius ; thou hast made good haste. 
Come, we will walk. Shak., M. for M., iv. 5. 
Made haste to do what he must do. 
William Morris, Earthly Paradise, II. 169. 
= Syn. 1. Haste, hurry (see hasten) ; nimbleness, rapidity. 
haste 1 (hast), v. i. and t. ; pret. and pp. hasted, 
ppr. hasting. [< ME. hasten (pres. ind. haste) 
= MD. haesten, D. haasten = G. hasten = OSw. 
Sw. hasta = Dan. haste, haste, hurry ; OF. has- 
ter, F. hdter, tr. haste, despatch, press, refl. 
haste, go speedily; from the noun. Hasten is 
but a mod. extension of haste 1 , after the anal- 
ogy of fasfl, v., fasten, lists, v., listen, etc.'] Same 
as hasten : now chiefly in poetical use. 
Ye myght alle oure enmyes haue slain and distroied, 
and sailed youre frendes, yef ye hadde a litill hasted. 
Merlin (E. E. T. 8.), ii. 276. 
Therefore, let's hence, 
And with our fair entreaties haste them on. 
Shak., Cor., v. 1. 
He hasted him to yon greenwood tree, 
For to relieve his gay ladye. 
Leesome Brand (Child s Ballads, II. 346). 
I look and long, then haste me home, 
Still master of my secret rare. 
Lowell, Foot-Path. 
haste 2 (hast), t'. t. ; pret. and pp. hasted, ppr. 
hasting. [Not found in ME. (except as in de- 
riv.), but ult. < OF. *haster, in pp. haste, roast- 
ed, as a noun a roast, < haste, a spit, < L. hastn, 
a spear, pike, ML. also a spit, haslet : see IIIIK- 
tate. Cf. haslet, hasteler, hastier, htixteiier'*, hax- 
ter.~\ To roast. [Prov. Eng.] 
