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rash⋅er

1  [rash-er]
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–noun
1. a thin slice of bacon or ham for frying or broiling.
2. a portion or serving of bacon, usually three or four slices.
Origin:
1585–95; orig. uncert.

rash⋅er

2  [rash-er]
–noun
vermilion rockfish.
Origin:
1875–80, Americanism; perh. < Sp rascacio; see rascasse

rash

1  [rash]
–adjective -er, -est.
1. acting or tending to act too hastily or without due consideration.
2. characterized by or showing too great haste or lack of consideration: rash promises.
Origin:
1350–1400; ME; c. D, G rasch quick, brisk, ON rǫskr brave

Related forms:
rashly, adverb
rashness, noun

Synonyms:
1. hasty, impetuous, reckless, venturous, incautious, precipitate, indiscreet, foolhardy.

Antonyms:
1. cautious.

vermilion rockfish

 
–noun
a scarlet-red rockfish, Sebastes miniatus, inhabiting waters along the Pacific coast of North America, important as a food fish.
Also called rasher.
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rash 1   (rāsh)   
adj.   rash·er, rash·est

  1. Characterized by or resulting from ill-considered haste or boldness. See Synonyms at reckless.

  2. Archaic Quick in producing a strong or marked effect.


[Middle English rasch, active, unrestrained, perhaps from Old English -raesc (in līgræsc, lightning) or from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German rasch, fast.]
rash'ly adv., rash'ness n.
rash·er   (rāsh'ər)   
n.  

  1. A thin slice of fried or broiled bacon.

  2. A dish or an order of thin slices of fried or broiled bacon.


[Origin unknown.]
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Word Origin & History

rash  (n.)
"red spots on skin," 1709, perhaps from Fr. rache "a sore," from O.Fr. rache "ringworm," from V.L. *rasicare "to scrape" (cf. O.Prov. rascar, Sp. rascar "to scrape, scratch," It. raschina "itch"), from L. rasus "scraped," pp. of radere "to scrape" (see raze). The connecting notion is of itching. Sense of "any sudden outbreak or proliferation" first recorded 1820.

rasher 
"thin slice of bacon or ham," 1592, of unknown origin. Perhaps from M.E. rash "to cut," var. of rase "to rub, scrape out, erase," from O.Fr. raser (see raze). However, early lexicographer John Minsheu explained it in 1627 as a piece "rashly or hastily roasted."
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: rash
Pronunciation: 'rash
Function: noun
: an eruption on the body typically with little or no elevation above the surface
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Medical Dictionary

rash (rāsh)
n.
A skin eruption.

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