SQUABASH

Verb

squabash (third-person singular simple present squabashes, present participle squabashing, simple past and past participle squabashed)

(Scotland, slang, dated, transitive) To crush; to quash; to squash.

Source: Wiktionary


Squa*bash", v. t.

Definition: To crush; to quash; to squash. [Colloq. or Slang, Scot.] Sir W. Scott.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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28 November 2024

SYNCRETISM

(noun) the fusion of originally different inflected forms (resulting in a reduction in the use of inflections)


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