lash

adj

Etymology: From Old French lasche (French lâche).

1. Remiss, lax.
2. Relaxed.
3. Soft, watery, wet.

   “Fruits being unwholesome and lash before the fourth or fifth Yeare.”

4. Excellent, wonderful.

   “We’re off school tomorrow, it’s gonna be lash!”

   “That Chinese (food) was lash!”

5. Drunk.

name

1. A surname.

noun

Etymology: From Old French lasche (French lâche).

1. Looseness between fitted parts, either intentional (as allowance) or unintentional (from error or wear).

   “setting the proper valve lash for solid lifters”

   “excessive lash in the gear train”

verb

Etymology: From Middle French lachier, from Old French lacier (“to lace”).

1. To bind with a rope, cord, thong, or chain, so as to fasten.

   “to lash something to a spar”

   “lash a pack on a horse's back”