[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rash \rash\, a. compar. rasher -~er; superl. rashest.
   probably of scand. origin; cf. dan.  sw. rask quick, brisk,
   rash, icel. r"oskr vigorous, brave, akin to d.  g. rasch
   quick, of uncertain origin.
   1. sudden in action; quick; hasty. obs. "strong as aconitum
      or rash gunpowder." --shak.
      1913 webster

   2. requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent. obs.
      1913 webster

            i scarce have leisure to salute you,
            my matter is so rash.                 --shak.
      1913 webster

   3. esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate;
      resolving or entering on a project or measure without due
      deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of
      persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.
      1913 webster

   4. uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little
      reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.
      1913 webster

   5. so dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
      prov. eng. --grose.
      1913 webster

   syn: precipitate; headlong; headstrong; foolhardy; hasty;
        indiscreet; heedless; thoughtless; incautious; careless;
        inconsiderate; unwary.

   usage: rash, adventurous, foolhardy. a man is
          adventurous who incurs risk or hazard from a love of
          the arduous and the bold. a man is rash who does it
          from the mere impulse of his feelings, without
          counting the cost. a man is foolhardy who throws
          himself into danger in disregard or defiance of the
          consequences.
          1913 webster

                was never known a more adventurous knight.
                                                  --dryden.
          1913 webster

                her rash hand in evil hour
                forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she
                eat.                              --milton.
          1913 webster

                if any yet be so foolhardy
                to expose themselves to vain jeopardy;
                if they come wounded off, and lame,
                no honor's got by such a maim.    --hudibras.
          1913 webster
see also:
rasher rashest rash adventurous foolhardy 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

rasher \rash"er\ ra^sh"~er, n. in sense 1, probably fr.
   rash, a., as being hastily cooked.
   1. a thin slice of bacon.
      1913 webster

   2. zool. a california rockfish sebastichthys miniatus.
      1913 webster
see also:
sebastichthys miniatus 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

rasher
     n : a commercially important fish of the pacific coast of north
         america syn: vermillion rockfish, sebastodes miniatus
see also:
vermillion rockfish sebastodes miniatus 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

78 moby thesaurus words for "rasher":
   bit, butt, chip, chunk, clip, clipping, coat, coating, collop,
   covering, crumb, cut, cutting, deal, disk, dollop, end, feuille,
   film, flap, foil, fold, fragment, gob, gobbet, hunk, lamella,
   lamina, laminated glass, laminated wood, lap, leaf, lump, membrane,
   modicum, moiety, morsel, pane, panel, paring, particle, patina,
   peel, pellicle, piece, plait, plank, plate, plating, ply, plywood,
   safety glass, scoop, scrap, scum, shard, shaving, sheet, shiver,
   shred, skin, slab, slat, slice, sliver, smithereen, snack, snatch,
   snip, snippet, splinter, stitch, stump, table, tablet, tatter,
   veneer, wafer

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USS Rasher Assoc. - Select Text Profile
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Submarine Photo Index
...Rasher was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation, received 7 battle ... The Rasher (SS-269) is about to be launched into the icey waters at ... ..
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...Rasher's third war patrol from 19 February to 4 April 1944, was ... Rasher returned to Makassar Strait-Celebes Sea area for her fourth ... ..
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Rasher
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How much is a rasher of bacon? : Meat information from Answerbag
...One suggestion is that originally “rasher” referred to that which was ... The word "rasher" first appeared in English in the late 16th century. ... ..
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Rasher text
...Unlike the original Rasher, the new Rasher would prepare for battle ... A WesPac deployment marked Rasher's return to waters she had not seen ... ..
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Fractal Rasher Flasher. ppc4you.com
...Themes » Video Games » Fractal Rasher Flasher Fractal Rasher Flasher. 1 - Hate it 2 - Didn't like it 3 - It's OK 4 - I like it 5 - I love it! ... ..
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