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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SWASH, n. An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work. [A cant word.]
SWASH, n. A blustering noise; a vaporing. [Not in use or vulgar.]
1. Impulse of water flowing with violence. In the southern states of America, swash or swosh is a name given to a narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between that and the shore. Many such are found on the shores of the Carolinas.
SWASH, v.i. To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag. [Not in use.]
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: the movement or sound of water; "the swash of waves on the beach" v
1: make violent, noisy movements
2: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" [syn: spatter, splatter, plash, splash, splosh, swash]
3: show off [syn: boast, tout, swash, shoot a line, brag, gas, blow, bluster, vaunt, gasconade]
4: act in an arrogant, overly self-assured, or conceited manner [syn: swagger, bluster, swash]

Merriam Webster's

I. verb Etymology: probably imitative Date: 1556 intransitive verb 1. bluster, swagger 2. to make violent noisy movements 3. to move with a splashing sound transitive verb to cause to splash II. noun Date: 1593 1. swagger 2. a narrow channel of water lying within a sandbank or between a sandbank and the shore 3. a dashing of water against or on something; especially the rush of water up a beach from a breaking wave III. noun Etymology: obsolete English swash slanting Date: 1683 an extended flourish on a printed character IV. adjective Date: 1683 having one or more swashes <swash capitals>

Oxford Reference Dictionary

1. v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (of water etc.) wash about; make the sound of washing or rising and falling. 2 tr. archaic strike violently. 3 intr. archaic swagger. --n. the motion or sound of swashing water. Etymology: imit. 2. adj. 1 inclined obliquely. 2 (of a letter) having a flourished stroke or strokes. Phrases and idioms: swash-plate an inclined disc revolving on an axle and giving reciprocating motion to a part in contact with it. Etymology: 17th c.: orig. unkn.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Swash 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Swash Swash, a. [Cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.] Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [Prov. Eng.] --Pegge.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Swash 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

v. n. 1. Swagger, bluster, vapor, brag, boast, bully. 2. Flow noisily, dash, splash.

Moby Thesaurus

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