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Webster 1913 Edition


Hash

Hash

(hăsh)
,
Noun.
[Formerly
hachey
,
hachee
, F.
hachis
, fr.
hacher
to hash; of German origin; cf. G.
hippe
sickle, OHG.
hippa
, for
happia
. Cf.
Hatchet
.]
1.
That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already cooked, chopped into small pieces and mixed.
2.
A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or exhibition.
I can not bear elections, and still less the
hash
of them over again in a first session.
Walpole.

Webster 1828 Edition


Hash

HASH

,
Verb.
T.
[Eng. to hack. See Hack.] To chop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash meat.

HASH

,
Noun.
Minced meat, or a dish of meat and vegetables chopped into small pieces and mixed.