English English Dictionary
Result for Swash
Swash
(v. t.)
An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.
Swash
(v. t.)
Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy.
Swash
(v. i.)
To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.
Swash
(v. i.)
To fall violently or noisily.
Swash
(v. i.)
To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.
Swash
(n.)
Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.
Swash
(n.)
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.
Swash
(n.)
Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.
Swash
(n.)
A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior.
Swash
(n.)
A swaggering fellow; a swasher.