churn-dash | A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose

Churn
·vt To shake or agitate with violence. II. Churn ·vi To perform the operation of churning. III. Ch...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
Dash
·noun Energy in style or action; animation; spirit. II. Dash ·noun Violent striking together of two...

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
dash
A tavern drawer. To cut a dash: to make a figure. ...

Dictionary of The Vulgar Tongue by Francis Grose
dash
The present with which bargains are sealed on the coast of Africa. ...

The Sailor's Word-Book
churn-gotting
a nightly feast after the corn is out. N. ...

A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose
to cut a dash
In modern colloquial speech, to make a great show; to make a figure.--Johnson. A fashionable or gail...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.