rashy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

rash +‎ -y

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

rashy (comparative more rashy, superlative most rashy)

  1. Exhibiting a rash.
    • 2008 June 29, Virginia Heffernan, “The Oracle Collective”, in New York Times[1]:
      “What is this dry, rashy patch on my neck?”
  2. Mixed or layered with impurities.
    • 1983 December 6, "Robert C. Nelson", "Feeder/crusher machine"[2], US Patent 4418872:
      “Other coals are rashy, being interspersed or interbedded with shales and clays, causing them to come off the face in slabs and blocks....”
    • 1743, William Ellis, The Modern Husbandman:
      rashy gravel

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