Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hash"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hash \Hash\, n. [Formerly hachey, hachee, F. hachis, ?. hacher
to hash; of German origin; cf. G. hippe sickle, OHG. hippa,
for happia. Cf. {Hatchet}.]
1. That which is hashed or chopped up; meat and vegetables,
especially such as have been already cooked, chopped into
small pieces and mixed.
2. A new mixture of old matter; a second preparation or
exhibition.
I can not bear elections, and still less the hash of
them over again in a first session. --Walpole.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hash \Hash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Hashed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Hashing}.] [From {Hash}, n.: cf. F. hacher to hash.]
To ?hop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash
meat. --Hudibras.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
hash
n 1: chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned
2: purified resinous extract of hemp plant; used as a
hallucinogen [syn: {hashish}]
v : chop up, as of potatoes
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