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Dashism

Dash′ism

(-ĭz’m)
,
Noun.
The character of making ostentatious or blustering parade or show.
[R. & Colloq.]
He must fight a duel before his claim to . . .
dashism
can be universally allowed.
V. Knox.
☞ It consists of a chamber, containing air or a liquid, in which a piston (a), attached to the weight, falls freely until it enters a space (as below the openings, b) from which the air or liquid can escape but slowly (as through cock c), when its fall is gradually checked.
A cataract of an engine is sometimes called a dashpot.

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dashism

dashism

English

Noun

dashism

  1. (rare, colloquial, dated) The character of making ostentatious or blustering parade or show.
    He must fight a duel before his claim to [] dashism can be universally allowed. V. Knox.