Word Meanings - DASHER - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn. 2. A dashboard or splashboard. 3. One who makes an ostentatious parade.

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• DASHER
  1. That which dashes or agitates; as, the dasher of a churn. 2. A dashboard or splashboard. 3. One who makes an ostentatious parade.
• WHICHEVER; WHICHSOEVER
  Whether one or another; whether one or the other; which; that one which; as, whichever road you take, it will lead you to town.
• WHICH
  the root of hwa who + lic body; hence properly, of what sort or kind; akin to OS. hwilik which, OFries. hwelik, D. welk, G. welch, OHG. welih, hwelih, Icel. hvilikr, Dan. & Sw. hvilken, Goth. hwileiks, 1. Of what sort or kind; what; what a; who.
• MAKESHIFT
  That with which one makes shift; a temporary expedient. James Mill. I am not a model clergyman, only a decent makeshift. G. Eliot.
• PARADE
  An assembly and orderly arrangement or display of troops, in full equipments, for inspection or evolutions before some superior officer; a review of troops. Parades are general, regimental, or private , according to the force assembled. 3. Pompous
• SPLASHBOARD
  A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United States commonly called dashboard.
• CHURNING
  1. The act of one who churns. 2. The quantity of butter made at one operation.
• DASHBOARD
  1. A board placed on the fore part of a carriage, sleigh, or other vechicle, to intercept water, mud, or snow, thrown up by the heels of the horses; -- in England commonly called splashboard. The float of a paddle wheel. A screen at the bow af
• OSTENTATIOUS
  Fond of, or evincing, ostentation; unduly conspicuous; pretentious; boastful. Far from being ostentatious of the good you do. Dryden. The ostentatious professions of many years. Macaulay. -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ly, adv. -- Os`ten*ta"tious*ness, n.
• CHURN
  A vessel in which milk or cream is stirred, beaten, or otherwise agitated in order to separete the oily globules from the other parts, and obtain butter.
• HABERDASHERY
  The goods and wares sold by a haberdasher; also , trifles. Burke.
• HABERDASHER
  trifles, perh. through French. It is possibly akin to E. haversack, and to Icel. taska trunk, chest, pocket, G. tasche pocket, and the 1. A dealer in small wares, as tapes, pins, needles, and thread; also, a hatter. The haberdasher heapeth wealth
• SPATTERDASHES
  Coverings for the legs, to protect them from water and mud; long gaiters.