If you dash a stone against a stone in the botton of the water, it maketh a sound. Bacon. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To break, as by throwing or by collision; to shatter; to crust; to frustrate; to ruin. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thou shalt dash them in pieces like a potter's vessel. Ps. ii. 9. [ 1913 Webster ]

A brave vessel, . . .
Dashed all to pieces. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

To perplex and dash
Maturest counsels. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. To put to shame; to confound; to confuse; to abash; to depress. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Dash the proud gamester in his gilded car. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

I take care to dash the character with such particular circumstance as may prevent ill-natured applications. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

The very source and fount of day
Is dashed with wandering isles of night. Tennyson. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word. [ 1913 Webster ]

[ He ] dashed through thick and thin. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]

On each hand the gushing waters play,
And down the rough cascade all dashing fall. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A slight admixture, infusion, or adulteration; a partial overspreading; as, wine with a dash of water; red with a dash of purple. [ 1913 Webster ]

Innocence when it has in it a dash of folly. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

She takes upon her bravely at first dash. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

5. Energy in style or action; animation; spirit. [ 1913 Webster ]

6. A vain show; a blustering parade; a flourish; as, to make or cut a great dash. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

8. (Mus.) (a) The sign of staccato, a small mark [ &unr_; ] denoting that the note over which it is placed is to be performed in a short, distinct manner. (b) The line drawn through a figure in the thorough bass, as a direction to raise the interval a semitone. [ 1913 Webster ]

9. (Racing) A short, spirited effort or trial of speed upon a race course; -- used in horse racing, when a single trial constitutes the race. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Naut.) (a) The float of a paddle wheel. (b) A screen at the bow af a steam launch to keep off the spray; -- called also sprayboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. an instrument panel beneath the front window of a motor vehicle (such as an automobile or truck), containing indicating gauges and dials, such as the speedometer and fuel gauges, and sometimes certain control knobs or other devices. [ PJC ]

2. a herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves.
Syn. -- taro, taro plant, dalo, Colocasia esculenta. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

3. the edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants.
Syn. -- taro, cocoyam, eddo. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

4. a tropical starchy tuberous root.
Syn. -- taro, taro root, cocoyam, edda. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

2. A dashboard or splashboard. [ U. S. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

3. One who makes an ostentatious parade. [ Low ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The dashing and daring spirit is preferable to the listless. T. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

A dashingly dressed gentleman. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]