trashing

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trashing - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Trash \Trash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Trashed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Trashing.]
     1. To free from trash, or worthless matter; hence, to lop; to
        crop, as to trash the rattoons of sugar cane. --B.
        Edwards.
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     2. To treat as trash, or worthless matter; hence, to spurn,
        humiliate, or crush. [Obs.]
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     3. To hold back by a trash or leash, as a dog in pursuing
        game; hence, to retard, encumber, or restrain; to clog; to
        hinder vexatiously. [R.] --Beau. & Fl.
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