Crash \Crash\, n. [L. crassus coarse. See Crass.]

Coarse, heavy, narrow linen cloth, used esp. for towels.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crash \Crash\ (kr?sh>), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Crashed (kr?sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Crashing.]

[OE. crashen, the same word as crasen to break, E. craze. See Craze.]

To break in pieces violently; to dash together with noise and violence. [R.]

He shakt his head, and crasht his teeth for ire. --Fairfax.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crash \Crash\, v. i.

1. To make a loud, clattering sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once; to break in pieces with a harsh noise.

Roofs were blazing and walls crashing in every part of the city. --Macaulay.

2. To break with violence and noise; as, the chimney in falling crashed through the roof.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crash \Crash\, n.

1. A loud, sudden, confused sound, as of many things falling and breaking at once.

The wreck of matter and the crash of worlds. --Addison.

2. Ruin; failure; sudden breaking down, as of a business house or a commercial enterprise.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)