shash

shashnoun詞源 1/ʃæʃ/

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  obsoleteThe scarf of a turban.

  • So much for the ſilk in Judea called Sheſh in Hebrevv, vvhence haply, that fine linen or ſilk is called Shaſhes vvorn at this day about the heads of eaſtern people.
• 2

  obsoleteA sash.

shashnoun詞源 2/ʃæʃ/

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  obsoletebroadcastingmediatelevisionSynonym of snow (“random pattern of dots when there is no signal”).

  • Even productions designed for office or home video viewing usually need a title sequence to mark off the empty tape, hiss and shash from the prepared recording […]
  • No one sees shash now, but it was naked television. Shash was the term for those black-and-burst patterns that danced across the screen when there was nothing being broadcast.

shashverb詞源 2/ʃæʃ/

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  obsoleterareTo produce white noise.

  • The machine shashed and crackled, broadcasting silence. Urgently the man repeated, 'Shearwater, Shearwater, Shearwater. This is Brewmarine. Keith speaking. Over. Over.' More shashing, more silence.