nash

See also: NASH, Nash, and nãsh

English

Etymology 1

Dialectal variant of gnash.

Adjective

nash (comparative more nash, superlative most nash)

1. (UK, dialect) firm; stiff; hard
2. (UK, dialect) chilly

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Etymology 2

Perhaps from Romani.

Verb

nash (third-person singular simple present nashes, present participle nashing, simple past and past participle nashed)

1. (Edinburgh, dialect) to hurry; run; get away

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “nash”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Anagrams

• HANS, HNAs, Hans, Shan, shan

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Verb

nash

1. kill