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Webster 1913 Edition

Verb.

[Prob. of imitative origin, or possibly akin to

box

to fight with the fists.]

To strike; to crush; to smash; to dash in pieces.

[Obs.]

P. Plowman.

“I’ll pash him o'er the face.”

Shak.

Noun.

[Scot., the pate. Cf.

Verb.

]

The head; the poll.

[R.]

“A rough pash.”

Shak.

A crushing blow.

[Obs.]

A heavy fall of rain or snow.

[Prov. Eng.]

Noun.

[L. facies, face.] A face. [Not used.]

A blow. [Not used.]

Verb.

To strike; to strike down. [Not used.]