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Trash

Trash (trash)
n.(?)
Trash
[Cf. Icel. tros rubbish, leaves, and twigs picked up for fuel, trassi a slovenly fellow, Sw. trasa a rag, tatter.]
  1. That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.

    Who steals my purse steals trash. Shak.

    A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin. Landor.

  2. Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or the like.

    * In the West Indies, the decayed leaves and stems of canes are called field trash; the bruised or macerated rind of canes is called cane trash; and both are called trash. B. Edwards.

  3. A worthless person.
    [R.] Shak.
  4. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.
    Markham.

    Trash ice, crumbled ice mixed with water.


Trash

Trash (trash)
v. t.
Trash
  1. To free from trash, or worthless matter] hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane.
    B. Edwards.
  2. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
    [Obs.]
  3. To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously.
    [R.] Beau. *** Fl.

Trash

Trash (trash)
v. i.
Trash
  1. To follow with violence and trampling.
    [R.] The Puritan (1607).













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