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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

RASH, a.
1. Hasty in council or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution, and thus encountering unnecessary hazard; applied to persons; as a rash statesman or minister; a rash commander.
2. Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as rash words; rash measures.
3. Requiring haste; urgent.
I have scarce leisure to salute you, my matter is so rash.
4. Quick; sudden; as rash gunpowder. [Not in use.]
RASH, n. Corn so dry as to fall out with handling. [Local.]
RASH, n.
1. Satin.
2. An eruption or efflorescence on the body.
RASH, v.t. To slice; to cut into pieces; to divide.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: imprudently incurring risk; "do something rash that he will forever repent"- George Meredith
2: marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences; "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker"; "became the fiercest and most reckless of partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to climb Mount Everest" [syn: foolhardy, heady, rash, reckless] n
1: any red eruption of the skin [syn: rash, roseola, efflorescence, skin rash]
2: a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences; "a rash of bank robberies"; "a blizzard of lawsuits" [syn: rash, blizzard]

Merriam Webster's

I. adverb Etymology: Middle English (northern dialect) rasch quickly; akin to Old High German rasc fast Date: 15th century archaic in a rash manner II. adjective Date: 1509 1. marked by or proceeding from undue haste or lack of deliberation or caution <a rash promise> 2. obsolete quickly effective Synonyms: see adventurous • rashly adverb • rashness noun III. noun Etymology: obsolete French rache scurf, from Old French raiche, from Vulgar Latin *rasica, from *rasicare to scratch, from Latin rasus, past participle of radere Date: 1709 1. an eruption on the body 2. a large number of instances in a short period <a rash of complaints>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. adj. reckless, impetuous, hasty; acting or done without due consideration. Derivatives: rashly adv. rashness n. Etymology: ME, prob. f. OE ræsc (unrecorded) f. Gmc 2. n. 1 an eruption of the skin in spots or patches. 2 (usu. foll. by of) a sudden widespread phenomenon, esp. of something unwelcome (a rash of strikes). Etymology: 18th c.: prob. rel. to OF ra(s)che eruptive sores, = It. raschia itch

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rash Rash, v. t. [For arace] 1. To pull off or pluck violently. [Obs.] 2. To slash; to hack; to slice. [Obs.] Rushing of helms and riving plates asunder. --Spenser.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rash Rash, n. [OF. rashe an eruption, scurf, F. rache; fr. (assumed) LL. rasicare to scratch, fr. L. radere, rasum, to scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase, and cf. Rascal.] (Med.) A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation. Canker rash. See in the Vocabulary. Nettle rash. See Urticaria. Rose rash. See Roseola. Tooth rash. See Red-gum.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rash Rash, n. [Cf. F. ras short-nap cloth, It. & Sp. raso satin (cf. Rase); or cf. It. rascia serge, G. rasch, probably fr. Arras in France (cf. Arras).] An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted. [Obs.] --Donne.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rash Rash, a. [Compar. Rasher; superl. Rashest.] [Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. rask quick, brisk, rash, Icel. r["o]skr vigorous, brave, akin to D. & G. rasch quick, of uncertain origin.] 1. Sudden in action; quick; hasty. [Obs.] ``Strong as aconitum or rash gunpowder.'' --Shak. 2. Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent. [Obs.] I scarce have leisure to salute you, My matter is so rash. --Shak. 3. Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate; resolving or entering on a project or measure without due deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of persons; as, a rash statesman or commander. 4. Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little reflection; as, rash words; rash measures. 5. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn. [Prov. Eng.] Syn: Precipitate; headlong; headstrong; foolhardy; hasty; indiscreet; heedless; thoughtless; incautious; careless; inconsiderate; unwary. Usage: Rash, Adventurous, Foolhardy. A man is adventurous who incurs risk or hazard from a love of the arduous and the bold. A man is rash who does it from the mere impulse of his feelings, without counting the cost. A man is foolhardy who throws himself into danger in disregard or defiance of the consequences. Was never known a more adventurous knight. --Dryden. Her rush hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat. --Milton. If any yet to be foolhardy To expose themselves to vain jeopardy; If they come wounded off, and lame, No honors got by such a maim. --Hudibras.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Rash Rash, v. t. To prepare with haste. [Obs.] --Foxe.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(rashes) 1. If someone is rash or does rash things, they act without thinking carefully first, and therefore make mistakes or behave foolishly. It would be rash to rely on such evidence... Mr. Major is making no rash promises... ADJ • rashly I made quite a lot of money, but I rashly gave most of it away... ADV: ADV with cl, ADV after v • rashness With characteristic rashness and valor, Peter plunged into the icy water. N-UNCOUNT 2. A rash is an area of red spots that appears on your skin when you are ill or have a bad reaction to something that you have eaten or touched. He may break out in a rash when he eats these nuts... N-COUNT 3. If you talk about a rash of events or things, you mean a large number of unpleasant events or undesirable things, which have happened or appeared within a short period of time. ...one of the few major airlines left untouched by the industry's rash of takeovers... = spate N-SING: N of n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

I. a. Reckless (in action), headlong, headstrong, hasty, precipitate, heedless, thoughtless, inconsiderate, indiscreet, impulsive, careless, incautious, unwary, adventurous, venturesome, over-venturesome, audacious, foolhardy, hot-headed, hot-brained, hare-brained, without ballast. II. n. (Med.) Exanthem, exanthema, eruption, breaking out.

Moby Thesaurus

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