† to-ˈquash, v. Obs.
Also 4 to-quassen.
[f. to-2 + ME. quaschen, quash v.]
trans. To crush or squash to pieces.
| c 1375 Sc. Leg. Saints xlviii. (Juliana) 160, & syne hir banys sa to-quassyt, Þat þe self merch out passyt. 1494 Fabyan Chron. vii. 598 A gunne was leuellyd out of the cytie..whiche brake y⊇ tymber or stone of the wyndowe with suche vyolence, that the pecys therof all to quasshed y⊇ face of the noble erle. 1583 Stubbes Anat. Abus. (ed. 2) 126 Some had their braines dasht out, some their heades all to quasht. |