Category:Swash

Swash, n. Etym: [cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.] (arch.)

Defn: an oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the Work. Moxon. Swash plate (mach.), a revolving circular plate, set Obliquely on its shaft, and acting as a cam to give a reciprocating Motion to a rod in a direction parallel to the shaft.

Swash Swash, a. Etym: [cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.]

Defn: soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [prov. Eng.] Pegge.

Swash Swash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swashing.] Etym: [probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. svasska to splash, and, for Sense 3, sw. svassa to bully, to rodomontade.]

1. To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing On a shallow place.

2. To fall violently or noisily. [obs.] Holinshed.

3. To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.

Swash Swash, n.

1. Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of Water.

2. A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or Between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea Washes.

3. Liquid filth; wash; hog mash. [obs.]

4. A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior. [obs.]

5. A swaggering fellow; a swasher.