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rasher - 8 dictionary results

rash⋅er

1[rash-er]
–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]

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


rashly, adverb
rashness, noun


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


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.
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.]

Rasher

Rash"er\, n. [In sense 1, probably fr. rash, a., as being hastily cooked.]

1. A thin slice of bacon.

2. (Zo["o]l.) A California rockfish (Sebastichthys miniatus).
Language Translation for : rasher
Spanish: loncha,
German: die Speckschnitte,
Japanese: 薄切り

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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