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{{11}}hash (n.1) "a stew," 1660s, from HASH (Cf. hash) (v.). Meaning "a mix, a mess" is from 1735.
{{12}}hash (n.2) short for HASHISH (Cf. hashish), 1959.
{{12}}hash (v.) 1650s, "to hack, chop into small pieces," from Fr. hacher "chop up," from O.Fr. hache "ax" (see HATCHET (Cf. hatchet)). Hash browns is short for hash browned potatoes (1917), with the -ed omitted, as in mash potatoes. The hash marks on a football field were so called 1960s, from similarity to hash marks, armed forces slang for "service stripes on the sleeve of a military uniform" (1909), which supposedly were called that because they mark the number of years one has had free food (HASH (Cf. hash) (n.1)) from the Army; but perhaps there is a connection with the noun form of HATCH (Cf. hatch) (v.2).

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  • hash — Ⅰ. hash [1] ► NOUN 1) a dish of diced cooked meat reheated with potatoes. 2) a jumble; a mess. ► VERB ▪ make or chop into a hash. ● make a hash of Cf. ↑make a hash of …   English terms dictionary

  • Hash — Hash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hashed} (h[a^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Hashing}.] [From {Hash}, n.: cf. F. hacher to hash.] To chop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash meat. Hudibras …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Hash — (h[a^]sh), n. [Formerly hachey, hachee, F. hachis, fr. hacher to hash; of German origin; cf. G. hippe sickle, OHG. hippa, for happia. Cf. {Hatchet}.] 1. That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables, especially such as have been already …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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