Sash
[sæʃ]
Definition
(noun.) a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame.
Editor: Sonya--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) A scarf or band worn about the waist, over the shoulder, or otherwise; a belt; a girdle, -- worn by women and children as an ornament; also worn as a badge of distinction by military officers, members of societies, etc.
(v. t.) To adorn with a sash or scarf.
(n.) The framing in which the panes of glass are set in a glazed window or door, including the narrow bars between the panes.
(n.) In a sawmill, the rectangular frame in which the saw is strained and by which it is carried up and down with a reciprocating motion; -- also called gate.
(v. t.) To furnish with a sash or sashes; as, to sash a door or a window.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Girdle, band, belt, scarf.
Editor: Rudolf
Definition
n. a band ribbon or scarf worn as a badge or ornament or a badge of distinction worn by officers—also v.t.—n. Sash′ery sashes collectively.
n. a case or frame for panes of glass.—v.t. to furnish with sashes.—ns. Sash′-door a door having panes of glass; Sash′-frame the frame in which the sash of a window is suspended; Sash′-window a glazed window in which the glass is set in a sash.—French sash a casement swinging on hinges.
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Unserious Contents or Definition
To dream of wearing a sash, foretells that you will seek to retain the affections of a flirtatious person. For a young woman to buy one, she will be faithful to her lover, and win esteem by her frank, womanly ways.
Editor: Maynard
Examples
- Mary Chivers's mighty feats of athleticism could not have been performed with the twenty-inch waist that May Archer's azure sash so easily spanned. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- I did not need the sash, but it was handier to take it than it was to leave it, and so I took it. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Your sash is straight enough. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Any shot directed at this person might hit the sash. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Then they sent to Reid my decoration, and they tried to put a sash on me, but I could not stand for that. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He pulled the sash down and turned back. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- But the heavy old-fashioned sash is slowly raised, and a head slowly looks in out of the dark background of night. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He promised that I should be his wife last summer, the first time he saw me in my new white frock and blue sash. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- No: my chamber is over the hall, the window just above the front door; the sash was a little raised, for I felt feverish. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- At the end of the breakfast the Pussum appeared, in a purple silk wrap with a shimmering sash. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Is my sash right? Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- The window in the cold room has three sets of sash, well packed or cemented. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
- It will look nice over my new muslin skirt, and the sash will set it off beautifully. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Her simple bonnet had been trimmed to correspond with her sash; her pretty but inexpensive scarf of white crape suited her dress. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Tie my sash straight; make my hair smooth, please. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- The first ones had been caused by some one forcing an instrument through the slit between the sashes, and the second by the catch being pressed back. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I ordered him to set me down, and lifting up one of my sashes, cast many a wistful melancholy look towards the sea. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
- Her hair was torn and ragged, and her arms were bound to her sides with sashes and handkerchiefs. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Great snow-eaves weighed down the broad-roofed Tyrolese houses, that were sunk to the window-sashes in snow. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- We lose all planing and wood-working machinery, and with it the endless variety of sashes, doors, blinds, and furniture in unlimited variety. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- Turbans, scimetars, fezzes, horse-pistols, tunics, sashes, baggy trowsers, yellow slippers--Oh, we were gorgeous! Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
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