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Shiver :: Shiver (v. t.) To break into many small pieces, or splinters; to shatter; to dash to pieces by a blow; as, to shiver a glass goblet..

Dash :: Dash (n.) A mark or line [--], in writing or printing, denoting a sudden break, stop, or transition in a sentence, or an abrupt change in its construction, a long or significant pause, or an unexpected or epigrammatic turn of sentiment. Dashes are also sometimes used instead of marks or parenthesis..

Parenthesis :: Parenthesis (n.) A word, phrase, or sentence, by way of comment or explanation, inserted in, or attached to, a sentence which would be grammatically complete without it. It is usually inclosed within curved lines (see def. 2 below), or dashes..

Strike :: Strike (v. t.) To give, as a blow; to impel, as with a blow; to give a force to; to dash; to cast..

Dash :: Dash (v. t.) To erase by a stroke; to strike out; knock out; -- with out; as, to dash out a word..

Split :: Split (v. i.) To be broken; to be dashed to pieces.

Dasher :: Dasher (n.) A dashboard or splashboard.

Slapdash :: Slapdash (adv.) With a slap; all at once; slap.

Boothose :: Boothose (n.) Stocking hose, or spatterdashes, in lieu of boots..

Wash :: Wash (v. i.) To be wasted or worn away by the action of water, as by a running or overflowing stream, or by the dashing of the sea; -- said of road, a beach, etc..

Dashingly :: Dashingly (adv.) Conspicuously; showily.

Elide :: Elide (v. t.) To break or dash in pieces; to demolish; as, to elide the force of an argument..

Morse Alphabet :: Morse alphabet () A telegraphic alphabet in very general use, inventing by Samuel F.B.Morse, the inventor of Morse's telegraph. The letters are represented by dots and dashes impressed or printed on paper, as, .- (A), - . . . (B), -.. (D), . (E), .. (O), . . . (R), -- (T), etc., or by sounds, flashes of light, etc., with greater or less intervals between them..

Brain :: Brain (v. t.) To dash out the brains of; to kill by beating out the brains. Hence, Fig.: To destroy; to put an end to; to defeat..

Dash :: Dash (n.) A sudden check; abashment; frustration; ruin; as, his hopes received a dash..

Stramash :: Stram (v. t.) To dash down; to beat.

Quash :: Quash (v. t.) To beat down, or beat in pieces; to dash forcibly; to crush..

Balderdash :: Balderdash (n.) A worthless mixture, especially of liquors..

Abbreviation :: Abbreviation (n.) One dash, or more, through the stem of a note, dividing it respectively into quavers, semiquavers, or demi-semiquavers..

Spanking :: Spanking (a.) Moving with a quick, lively pace, or capable of so doing; dashing..

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