rashy

English

Etymology

rash + -y

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -æʃi

Adjective

rashy (comparative more rashy, superlative most rashy)

  1. Exhibiting a rash.
    • 2008 June 29, Virginia Heffernan, “The Oracle Collective”, in New York Times:
      “What is this dry, rashy patch on my neck?”
  2. Mixed or layered with impurities.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Robert C. Nelson, Feeder/crusher machine, US Patent 4418872:
      “Other coals are rashy, being interspersed or interbedded with shales and clays, causing them to come off the face in slabs and blocks....”
    • William Ellis
      rashy gravel

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