- hash1,
n.,
1. a dish of diced or
chopped meat, as of leftover corned beef,
potatoes, and sometimes vegetables sautéed
in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and
carrots cooked together in gravy.
2. a mess, jumble, or
muddle.
- hash2,
n., Slang. hashish. [by shortening] See
note below
- hash house,
Slang. a cheap short-order
restaurant.
- harrier1,
n.,
1. a person or thing that
harries.
2. any of several
accipitrine hawks of the genus Circus
that hunt over meadows and marshes.
- harrier2,
n.,
1. one of a breed of medium
sized hounds, used, usually in packs in
hunting [rabbits].
2. a cross-country runner.
[special use of HARRIER2,
by assoc. with HARE AND HOUNDS]
- hare and hounds,
an outdoor game in which certain players, the
hares, start off in advance on a long run,
scattering small pieces of paper, called the
scent, with other players, the hounds,
following the trail so marked in an effort to
catch the hares before the reach a designated
point.
Note:
Definition HASH2 is
not related in any manner to the Hash House
Harriers.
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