Swash

Definition of Swash

n.1.(Arch.) An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
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.
a.1.Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy.
v. i.1.To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.
[imp. & p. p. Swashed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Swashing.]
2.To fall violently or noisily.
3.To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.
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.
4.A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior.
5.A swaggering fellow; a swasher.

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