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First published 1951 (DOST Vol. II).
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Dasch(e, Dashe, v. [ME. dashe, dasche (c 1300).]

1. tr. To beat down; to smash or hack. 1572-5 Diurn. Occurr. 258.
Thair wes ane lugeing … pertenyng to … Nicoll Wdwart, … daschit to eird for his contemptioun 1587 Edinb. D. Guild Acc. 289.
To ane gardner to dashe the rutis of the groser bussis in the Gray Freir kirk ȝard 1596 Dalr. II. 295/18.
With the gret gunis al [was] daschet, dung, and shaikne

b. To overthrow, frustrate. c1590 J. Stewart 105/6.
Than dascht sall bie my fois 1609 Crim. Trials II. 582.
To … dasche and stop that which might be to his preiudice

2. To discourage or abash. 1600 Crim. Trials II. i. 149.
Sumquhat daschit be his Maiesteis graif and constant speicheis and ressonis 1607 Melvill 703.
He wes so perplexit and daschit that he had not a word to speik