Swash1, n.
(swŏsh), n. [Cf. QUASH and SQUASH, a species of gourd.] (Arch.) An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work. Moxon.
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Swash
Swash2, n.
(swōsh), n. [See infra.]
- A blustering noise; a vaporing; swaggering behavior; a swagger. [Obs. or vulgar.]
- One who swaggers; a swaggering fellow; a swasher.
- [From wash, with s prefixed.] Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing of water. “A great swash of water.” Coles.
- A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand-bank, or between that and the shore. [Local U. S.] Bartlett.
- Liquid filth; wash; hog-wash. [Obs.]
Swash3, v. i.
[Sw. swassa, to bully, to rodomontade, Ger. schwätzen, to talk, prattle, prate, D. zwetsen, to boast.] 1. To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.
Sense 2. [See supra.] To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.
Sense 3. To fall violently or noisily. [Obs.]
They offered to kiss her, and swashed down upon her bed. Holinshed.
Swashing blow, a violent blow. Shak.
Swash4, a.
a. [Cf. SQUASH and SQUASHY.] Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [Prov. Eng.] Pegge.