Bash (&?;), v. t. & i. [OE. baschen, baissen. See Abash.]

To abash; to disconcert or be disconcerted or put out of countenance. [Obs.]

His countenance was bold and bashed not.
Spenser.

 

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Bash (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Bashing.] [Perh. of imitative origin; or cf. Dan. baske to strike, bask a blow, Sw. basa to beat, bas a beating.]

To strike heavily; to beat; to crush. [Prov. Eng. & Scot.] Hall Caine.

Bash her open with a rock.
Kipling.

 

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