2. Verb. (third-person singular of pash) ¹
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Definition of Pashes
1. pash [v] - See also: pash
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pashes
Literary usage of Pashes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Vision of William Concerning Piers the Plowman: In Three Parallel Texts by William Langland (1886)
"Diseases assail all mankind ; Death ' pashes ' to the dust kings and knights,
emperors and popes, and many a lovely lady. Life, with his mistress Fortune, ..."
2. The Life of J.M.W. Turner, R.A.: Founded on Letters and Papers Furnished by by Walter Thornbury (1897)
"Church ancient walls and .... frowned That Nature gave by verdant greensward
ground, Amidst a marsh of pashes (?) saved by mounds That irrigate the meadows, ..."
3. The Scalp Hunters, Or, Romantic Adventures in Northern Mexico by Mayne Reid (1851)
"... don't travel that-away till they comes up with the pashes, 'ee may have this
child's har for a plug o' the wust ..."
4. A Dictionary of Science, Literature, & Art: Comprising the Definitions and by George William Cox (1866)
"In doorways, they are the facings on each side of the aperture; to pashes, they
are the vertical pieces parallel with the surface of the walls. ..."
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