Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Hash

Hash (hash) , noun

[Formerly hachey, hachee, French hachis, from hacher to hash; of German origin; compare German hippe sickle, Old High German hippa, for happia. Compare 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
3.
Hashish. [slang]

Hash (hasht) , transitive verb

[From Hash, n.: compare French hacher to hash.]

To chop into small pieces; to mince and mix; as, to hash meat. — Hudibras