Sc. [f. prec. vb.; cf. Sw. bas whipping, beating, Da. bask stripe, blow.] A heavy blow that beats or smashes in a surface.
1805. J. Nicol, Poems, I. 36 (Jam.). An’ gae her a desperate bash on The chafts.
c. 1817. Hogg, Tales, I. 17. (Jam.). Then, giving two or three bashes on the face, he left me.
