Trash (?), n. [Cf. Icel. tros rubbish, leaves, and twigs picked up for fuel, trassi a slovenly fellow, Sw. trasa a rag, tatter.]
1.
That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse.
Who steals my purse steals trash.
Shak.
A haunch of venison would be trash to a Brahmin.
Landor.
2.
Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or the like.
⇒ 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.
3.
A worthless person.
[R.]
Shak.
4.
A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing game.
Markham.
Trash ice, crumbled ice mixed with water.
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Trash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Trashing.]
1.
To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane.
B. Edwards.
2.
To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, humiliate, or crush.
[Obs.]
3.
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.
<-- 4. To turn into trash, usu. maliciously; to destroy; vandalize. -->
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Trash, v. i.
To follow with violence and trampling.
[R.]
The Puritan (1607).
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