Rash — Defs

01 v. t. To pull off or pluck violently.

1.
To pull off or pluck violently.[Obs.]
2.
To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice.[Obs.]
“Rashing off helms and riving plates asunder.” — Spenser.

02 n. A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.

1.
A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or no elevation.(Med.)

Phrases & compounds

Canker rash — See in the Vocabulary.

Nettle rash — See Urticaria.

Rose rash — See Roseola.

Tooth rash — See Red-gum.

03 n. An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.

1.
An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.[Obs.]

04 a. Sudden in action; quick; hasty.

1.
Sudden in action; quick; hasty.[Obs.]
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.]
“Was never known a more adventurous knight.” — Dryden.

“Her rash hand in evil hour Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she eat.” — Milton.

“If any yet be so foolhardy To expose themselves to vain jeopardy; If they come wounded off, and lame, No honor's got by such a maim.” — Hudibras.

Syn. Precipitate; headlong; headstrong; foolhardy; hasty; indiscreet; heedless; thoughtless; incautious; careless; inconsiderate; unwary.

-- 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.

05 v. t. To prepare with haste.

1.
To prepare with haste.[Obs.]