rash
    adj 1: imprudently incurring risk; "do something rash that he
           will forever repent"- George Meredith
    2: marked by defiant disregard for danger or consequences;
       "foolhardy enough to try to seize the gun from the hijacker";
       "became the fiercest and most reckless of
       partisans"-Macaulay; "a reckless driver"; "a rash attempt to
       climb Mount Everest" [syn: foolhardy, heady, rash,
       reckless]
    n 1: any red eruption of the skin [syn: rash, roseola,
         efflorescence, skin rash]
    2: a series of unexpected and unpleasant occurrences; "a rash of
       bank robberies"; "a blizzard of lawsuits" [syn: rash,
       blizzard]

Rash \Rash\ (r[a^]sh), v. t. [For arace.]
   1. To pull off or pluck violently. [Obs.]
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   2. To slash; to hack; to cut; to slice. [Obs.]
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            Rashing off helms and riving plates asunder.
                                                  --Spenser.
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Rash \Rash\, n. [OF. rasche an eruption, scurf, F. rache; fr.
   (assumed) LL. rasicare to scratch, fr. L. radere, rasum, to
   scrape, scratch, shave. See Rase, and cf. Rascal.] (Med.)
   A fine eruption or efflorescence on the body, with little or
   no elevation.
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   Canker rash. See in the Vocabulary.

   Nettle rash. See Urticaria.

   Rose rash. See Roseola.

   Tooth rash. See Red-gum.
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Rash \Rash\, n. [Cf. F. ras short-nap cloth, It. & Sp. raso
   satin (cf. Rase); or cf. It. rascia serge, G. rasch,
   probably fr. Arras in France (cf. Arras).]
   An inferior kind of silk, or mixture of silk and worsted.
   [Obs.] --Donne.
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Rash \Rash\, a. [Compar. Rasher (-[~e]r); superl. Rashest.]
   [Probably of Scand. origin; cf. Dan. & Sw. rask quick, brisk,
   rash, Icel. r["o]skr vigorous, brave, akin to D. & G. rasch
   quick, of uncertain origin.]
   1. Sudden in action; quick; hasty. [Obs.] "Strong as aconitum
      or rash gunpowder." --Shak.
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   2. Requiring sudden action; pressing; urgent. [Obs.]
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            I scarce have leisure to salute you,
            My matter is so rash.                 --Shak.
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   3. Esp., overhasty in counsel or action; precipitate;
      resolving or entering on a project or measure without due
      deliberation and caution; opposed to prudent; said of
      persons; as, a rash statesman or commander.
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   4. Uttered or undertaken with too much haste or too little
      reflection; as, rash words; rash measures.
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   5. So dry as to fall out of the ear with handling, as corn.
      [Prov. Eng.] --Grose.
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   Syn: Precipitate; headlong; headstrong; foolhardy; hasty;
        indiscreet; heedless; thoughtless; incautious; careless;
        inconsiderate; unwary.

   Usage: Rash, Adventurous, Foolhardy. A man is
          adventurous who incurs risk or hazard from a love of
          the arduous and the bold. A man is rash who does it
          from the mere impulse of his feelings, without
          counting the cost. A man is foolhardy who throws
          himself into danger in disregard or defiance of the
          consequences.
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                Was never known a more adventurous knight.
                                                  --Dryden.
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                Her rash hand in evil hour
                Forth reaching to the fruit, she plucked, she
                eat.                              --Milton.
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                If any yet be so foolhardy
                To expose themselves to vain jeopardy;
                If they come wounded off, and lame,
                No honor's got by such a maim.    --Hudibras.
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Rash \Rash\ (r[a^]sh), v. t.
   To prepare with haste. [Obs.] --Foxe.
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RASH, adj.  Insensible to the value of our advice.

    "Now lay your bet with mine, nor let
        These gamblers take your cash."
    "Nay, this child makes no bet."  "Great snakes!
        How can you be so rash?"
                                                        Bootle P. Gish