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  5  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Swash  \Swash\,  a.  [Cf.  {Swash},  v.  i.,  {Squash},  v.  t.] 
  Soft,  like  fruit  too  ripe;  swashy.  [Prov.  Eng.]  --Pegge. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  swash 
  n  :  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}] 
  3:  show  off  [syn:  {boast},  {tout},  {shoot  a  line},  {brag},  {gas}, 
  {blow},  {bluster},  {vaunt},  {gasconade}] 
  4:  act  in  an  arrogant,  overly  self-assured,  or  conceited  manner 
  [syn:  {swagger},  {bluster}] 




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