Swash

[swɒʃ] or [swɔʃ]

Definition

(noun.) the movement or sound of water; 'the swash of waves on the beach'.

(verb.) make violent, noisy movements.

Typist: Trevor--From WordNet

Definition

(v. t.) An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.

(v. t.) Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy.

(v. i.) To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.

(v. i.) To fall violently or noisily.

(v. i.) To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.

(n.) Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.

(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.

(n.) Liquid filth; wash; hog mash.

(n.) A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior.

(n.) A swaggering fellow; a swasher.

Inputed by Elliot

Definition

v.t. to dash or splash.—v.i. to make a splashing noise to wash up against.—ns. Swash′-buck′ler a bully a blusterer; Swash′er (Shak.) one who swashes a blusterer.—adj. Swash′ing slashing crushing.—n.pl. Swash′-lett′ers Italic capitals with top and bottom flourishes intended to fill out ugly gaps.—ns. Swash′-plate a disc set obliquely on a revolving axis to give a reciprocating motion to a bar along its length; Swash′-work lathe-work in which the cuts are inclined to the axis of rotation.—adj. Swash′y swaggering.

Typist: Norton