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First published 1968 (SND Vol. VII).
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Quotation dates: 1899
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¶RASH-WHISH, n. The scraping noise made by a whetstone on a scythe.Kcb. 1899 Crockett Kit Kennedy 20:
The strident rash-whish of the sharpening strake on the scythe as the mower set it with its point to the ground.
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