Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

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.

Source : WordNet®

hash
     n 1: chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned
     2: purified resinous extract of the hemp plant; used as a
        hallucinogen [syn: {hashish}, {hasheesh}, {haschisch}]

hash
     v : chop up; "hash the potatoes"

Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

hash
     
        1.  {hash character}.
     
        2.  {hash coding}.
     
        3. The preferred term for a {Perl} {associative array}.
     
        (1995-03-06)