4 entries under this word

Swash

Swash, n.

noun

(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.

Swash, n.

noun

(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.]

Swash, v. i.

verbintransitive

[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.

Swash, a.

adjective

a. [Cf. SQUASH and SQUASHY.] Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [Prov. Eng.] Pegge.