Swash /(?)/

Swash

n.
  1. An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work. (Arch.)

Phrases & Compounds
Swash plate
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.
  1. Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [Prov. Eng.]

Swash

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Swashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Swashing

  1. To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.
  2. To fall violently or noisily. [Obs.]
  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.