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   Swash (?), n. [Cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.] (Arch.) An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work.  Moxon.
   
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   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.
   
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   Swash, a. [Cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.] Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [Prov. Eng.]  Pegge.
   
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   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”.
   
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   2. To fall violently or noisily. [Obs.]  Holinshed.
   
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   3. To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.
   
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   Swash, n.
   1. Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.
   
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   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.
   
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   3. Liquid filth; wash; hog mash. [Obs.]
   
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   4. A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior. [Obs.]
   
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   5. A swaggering fellow; a swasher.
   
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