1. [n]  purified resinous extract of hemp plant; used as a hallucinogen
2. [n]  chopped meat mixed with potatoes and browned
3. [v]  chop up, as of potatoes

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In a small town ravaged by a tuberculosis epidemic, two very different men--Robert Maser, a traveling garment salesman who is actually fugitive Nazi leader Martin Borman, and Lars, a local schoolteacher--wander the countryside in search of the world's finest hash.

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1. \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.
   

2. \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.
   

1. hash character.

2. hash coding.

3. The preferred term for a Perl associative array.