Category:Trash

Trash, n. Etym: [cf. Icel. tros rubbish, leaves, and twigs picked up For fuel, trassi a slovenly fellow, sw. trasa a rag, tatter.]

1. That which is worthless or useless; rubbish; refuse. Who steals my purse steals trash. Shak. A haunch of venison would be trash to a brahmin. Landor.

2. Especially, loppings and leaves of trees, bruised sugar cane, or The like.

Note: in the west indies, the decayed leaves and stems of canes are Called field trash; the bruised or macerated rind of canes is called Cane trash; and both are called trash. B. Edwards.

3. A worthless person. [r.] Shak.

4. A collar, leash, or halter used to restrain a dog in pursuing Game. Markham. Trash ice, crumbled ice mixed with water.

Trash Trash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Trashing.]

1. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to crop, As to trash the rattoons of sugar cane. B. Edwards.

2. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn, Humiliate, or crush. [obs.]

3. To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing game; Hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to hinder Vexatiously. [r.] Beau. & fl.

Trash Trash, v. i.

Defn: to follow with violence and trampling. [r.] The puritan (1607).