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