trash

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1. 1.Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or the like. Note: In the West Indies, the decayed leaves and stems of canes are called field trash; the bruised or macerated rind of canes is called cane trash; and both are called trash. B. Edwards.
2. 2.A worthless person. [R.] Shak.
3. 3.A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game. Markham. Trash ice, crumbled ice mixed with water.
4. 4.To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane. B. Edwards.
5. 5.To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush. [Obs.]
6. 6.To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously. [R.] Beau. & Fl.
7. 7.To follow with violence and trampling. [R.] The Puritan (1607).

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is a collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game. Markham. Trash ice, crumbled ice mixed with water called?
• What is to free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane. B. Edwards called?
• What is to treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush. [Obs.] called?
• What is to hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder vexatiously. [R.] Beau. & Fl called?
• What is to follow with violence and trampling. [R.] The Puritan (1607) called?