godan verb (-gu), transitive verb
Rare, old-fashioned verb for cooking rice or boiling food. In modern Japanese, 炊く (たく) is the standard word for cooking rice, and 茹でる (ゆでる) or 煮る (にる) for boiling. This word may appear in historical or dialectal contexts.
昔はかまどでご飯をかしだものだ。
In the old days, we used to cook rice in a kamado stove.
この地方では、今でも芋をかしぐと言うことがある。
In this region, people still sometimes say 'kashigu' for boiling potatoes.