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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Swash \Swash\, a. [Cf. Swash, v. i., Squash, v. t.]

Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [Prov. Eng.]

--Pegge.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)