Lashed vs Fashed - What's the difference?
lashed | fashed |
(lash)
The thong or braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given.
* (Joseph Addison) (1672-1719)
(label) A leash in which an animal is caught or held; hence, a snare.
A stroke with a whip, or anything pliant and tough.
A stroke of satire or sarcasm; an expression or retort that cuts or gives pain; a cut.
* (w, Roger L'Estrange) (1616-1704)
A hair growing from the edge of the eyelid; an eyelash.
*{{quote-book, year=1959, author=(Georgette Heyer), title=(The Unknown Ajax), chapter=1
, passage=But Richmond, his grandfather's darling, after one thoughtful glance cast under his lashes at that uncompromising countenance appeared to lose himself in his own reflections.}}
In carpet weaving, a group of strings for lifting simultaneously certain yarns, to form the figure.
In British English, it refers to heavy drinking with friends, (i.e. We were out on the lash last night)
To strike with a lash; to whip or scourge with a lash, or with something like one.
To strike forcibly and quickly, as with a lash; to beat, or beat upon, with a motion like that of a lash.
* {{quote-news
, year=2010
, date=December 29
, author=Chris Whyatt
, title=Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton
, work=BBC
To throw out with a jerk or quickly.
To scold; to berate; to satirize; to censure with severity.
To ply the whip; to strike.
To utter censure or sarcastic language.
(of rain) To fall heavily, especially in the phrase lash down
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 1
, author=Tom Fordyce
, title=Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland
, work=BBC Sport
To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.
(obsolete) Remiss, lax.
(obsolete) Relaxed.
Soft, watery, wet.
* 1658': Fruits being unwholesome and '''lash before the fourth or fifth Yeare. — Sir Thomas Browne, ''The Garden of Cyrus (Folio Society 2007, p. 211)
(Ulster) excellent, wonderful
Drunk.
(fash)
(Scotland, Geordie, Northern England) To worry; to bother, annoy.
*1897 , Bram Stoker, Dracula ,
*:"I wouldn't fash masel' about them, miss. Them things be all wore out."
(Scotland, Geordie, Northern England) A worry; trouble; bother.
As verbs the difference between lashed and fashed
is that lashed is past tense of lash while fashed is past tense of fash.lashed
English
Verb
(head)Anagrams
*lash
English
Etymology 1
(en)Noun
(es)- I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it.
- The moral is a lash at the vanity of arrogating that to ourselves which succeeds well.
Verb
(es)- We lash the pupil, and defraud the ward. —
- the whale lashes the sea with its tail.
- And big waves lash the frighted shores. —
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- He falls, and lashing up his heels, his rider throws. —
- to lash vice
- To laugh at follies, or to lash at vice. —
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See also
* lash outEtymology 2
From (etyl) lachier, from (etyl)Verb
(es)- to lash something to a spar
- lash a pack on a horse's back
Etymology 3
From (etyl) lasche'' (French '' ).Adjective
(en adjective)- ''We’re off school tomorrow, it’s gonna be lash !
- That Chinese (food) was lash !
fashed
English
Verb
(head)fash
English
Verb
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