1785. Burns, Epistle to J. Lapraik. A set o’ dull, conceited
hashes.
Verb (colloquial).—1. To spoil; to jumble; to cook up and serve again.
1891. Notes and Queries, 7 S. xii., 22 Aug., p. 144. I do not think
that Earle, a scholar of a high order and a man of the most keen
wit and judgment, would have spoken thus of a thing hashed up by a
hard-headed pedant, however able, such as Gauden.
2. (American).—To vomit. Also to flash the hash (q.v.). For synonyms,
see Accounts and Cat.
1785. Grose, Vulg. Tongue, s.v.
1859. Matsell, Vocabulum, s.v.