sash2 (sash)

[Formerly also shash; So much for the silk in Judea, called shesh in Hebrew, whence haply that fine linen or silk is called shashes , worn at this day about the heads of eastern people. Fuller , Pisgah Sight, II. xiv. 24. On the mens [heads] are Shashes , which is a long thin wreath of Cloath, white or coloured. S. Clarke , Geog. Description (1671), p. 46. A Scarlet Silk net Sash to tye a Nightgown. Quoted in Ashton's Social Life in Reign of Queen Anne, [I. 150. sash2 (sash), v . t . [ They are so sashed and plumed that they are grown infinitely more insolent in their fine clothes even than they were in their rags. Burke , A Regicide Peace, iv. sash-bar (sash'bär), n . In carp., one of the vertical or transverse pieces within a window frame which hold the panes of gla . sash-chisel (sash'chiz"el), n . In carp ., a chisel with a narrow edge and a strong blade, for mak- ing the mortises in sash-stiles. sash-clamp (sash'klamp), n. A clamp for squaring a sash and tightening up the the joints. E. H. Knight. sash-door (sash'dōr), n . A door having panes of gla to admit light. sashery (sash'er-i), n.; pl. sas heries (-iz). [ IMG:content-0132.jpg:[blocks in formation]