SWASH, noun An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work. [A cant word.] SWASH, noun 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, verb intransitive To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag. [Not in use.] SWASH
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