v. Obs. [ME. todaschen, f. TO-2 + daschen to DASH.] trans. To dash to pieces, to shatter by a violent blow or blows.
c. 1205. Lay., 1469. His blod & his brain ba weoren to-dascte.
1297. R. Glouc. (Rolls), 1186. & to dasste & drainte vourti ssipes þere.
13[?]. Sir Beues (A.), 3563. Wiþ his hint fot he him smot And to-daschte al is brain.
c. 1450. Merlin, xv. 246. Theire sheildes were hewen and to daissht.
1582. Bentley, Mon. Matrones, i. 1. Thy right hand, O Lord, hath all to dashed the enimie.
b. intr. To split or burst asunder.
c. 1305. Judas Iscariot, 84, in E. E. P. (1862), 109. So þat he smot him wiþ a ston:… Þat al þe sculle to-daschte, þe brayn ful out þerate.
