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SWASHED
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swashed
simple past tense and past participle of swash
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SWASH
Swash, n. Etym: [Cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.] (Arch.)
Definition: 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.
Swash, a. Etym: [Cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.]
Definition: Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [Prov. Eng.] Pegge.
Swash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Swashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swashing.] Etym: [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.
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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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