rash

1. (archaic) Synonym of rashly (“in a rash manner; hastily or without due consideration”).Examples: "Soft Gooddie Sheepe (then ſaid the Foxe) not ſoe: / Vnto the King ſo raſh ye may not goe, / He is vvith greater matter buſied, / Than a Lambe, or the Lambes ovvne mothers hed."; "VVhy do you ſpeake ſo ſtartingly and raſh?"; "But the right thing 'ud be for Tulliver to go and make it up with her himself, and say he was sorry for speaking so rash."Synonyms: rashlyarchaic

1. (dermatology, medicine) An area of inflamed and irritated skin characterized by reddened spots that may be filled with fluid or pus. Also, preceded by a descriptive word (rare or obsolete), an illness characterized by a type of rash.Examples: "He came out in a rash because of an allergy."; "She applied rash cream on herself to reduce the irritation."; "A wet cloth should help with the rash on your arm."

2. (figuratively)figuratively

3. (figuratively)Examples: "There has been a rash of vandalism lately."; "Wet through and through: with her feet squelching and squashing in her shoes whenever she moved; with a rash of rain upon her classical visage; […]"; "Until the recent rash of North London line maps appeared on station billboards in the London area of BR, the service undoubtedly suffered from meagre and ineffectual publicity."Synonyms: epidemicfiguratively

1. (historical) Chiefly preceded by a descriptive word: a fabric with a smooth texture woven from silk, worsted, or a mixture of the two, intended as an inferior substitute for silk.Examples: "cloth rash    silk rash"; "Sleeveleſſe his jerkin vvas, and it had beene / Velvet, but 'tvvas novv (ſo much ground vvas ſeene) / Become Tufftaffatie; and our children ſhall / See it plaine Raſhe avvhile, or nought at all."historicaluncountable

1. (obsolete) A soft crackling or rustling sound.Examples: "Look on thoſe grave plodding fellovvs, […] I'll undertake three parts of four are going to their Courtezans. I tell thee, Jack, the vvhiſking of a Silk-Govvn, and the raſh of a Tabby-Pettycoat, are as comfortable ſounds to one of theſe rich Citizens, as the chink of their Pieces of Eight."obsolete

1. (transitive)Examples: "Reg[an]. VVherefore to Douer ſir? / Gloſt[er, i.e., Gloucester]. Becauſe I vvould not ſee thy cruell nayles / Pluck out his poore old eyes, nor thy fierce ſiſter / In his aurynted fleſh raſh boriſh phangs, […]"Scotlandarchaicobsoletetransitive

2. (transitive)Examples: "Fair lordes sayd syre Launcelot leue your noyse and your rassyng and I shalle sette open this dore and thenne may ye doo with me what it lyketh yow. "Fair lords, said Sir Launcelot, leave your noise and your rashing, and I shall set open this door, and then may ye do with me what it liketh you.""Scotlandarchaicobsoletetransitive

3. (transitive)Scotlandarchaicobsoletetransitive

4. (transitive)Examples: "Retur[n]e to the places of Peter, the one in his firſt epiſtle, the other in the latter: and ſo be you contented with this preſent anſvver raſhed up in haſte."Scotlandarchaicobsoleteraretransitive

5. (intransitive)Scotlandarchaicintransitiveobsolete

6. (intransitive)Examples: "[…] the rain rashed down - the road was battered, As with the force of billows shattered; […]"; "... rain rashed down. The sound was as of a deluge, and all the parched lips of earth seemed to be drinking in the delicious moisture."; "Thunder rumbled and a light rain rashed down as Bella shoveled the pile of loose dirt back into the ground."Scotlandarchaicintransitiveobsolete