dashism (dashizm)

[ He must fight a duel before his claims to. dashism can be universally allowed. V. Knox , Winter Evenings, xxviii. dash-lamp (dash'lamp), n. A small lantern with a reflector, designed to be hung upon the dash-board of a carriage. 1. A cylinder contain dash-pot (dash'pot), n. ing a loosely fitted piston, and partly filled with fluid, to check sudden movements designed which it is attend in 2. A device sometimes used for controlling the motion of an arc-lamp, and in other electrical instruments. It generally consists of a closed chamber filled with a viscous liquid, in which a piston moves. The resistance offered by the liquid prevents a sudden movement of the part to which the piston is attached. dash-rule -rule (dash'röl), n. În printing , a metallic rule having on it a line or lines shorter than the width of the column in a newspaper or the page in a book, used to separate one subject from another. See rule . dash-wheel (dash'hwel), n. In cotton-manuf., a wheel with compartments, partly submerged in a cistern, in which it revolves. It serves by its rotation to wash and rinse calico in the piece, by alter- nately dipping it in the water and dashing it from side to of the compartment. E. H. Knight. dashy (dash'i), a . [ dash + -y1.] Calculated to attract attention; showy; stylish; dashing. It was a dashy barouche, drawn by a glo y-black span. J. T. Trow bridge , Coupon Bonds, p. 66. I saw his dashy wife arranging a row of Johannisberg bottles. National Baptist , XIX. 15.