Swash (?), n. [Cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.] Arch.
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.
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Swash, a. [Cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.]
Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy.
[Prov. Eng.]
Pegge.
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Swash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swashed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Swashing.] [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.
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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.
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