Sekirov Dictionary

swashing

adjective 2
noun 1
forms 3

adjective2

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Hectoring; swaggering.
- Weele haue a swashing and marshall outside, / As manie other mannish cowards haue, / That doe outface it with their semblances. — 1598
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Crushing; resounding.
- Draw [your swords] if you be men, Gregorie, remember thy [s]washing blowe. — 1591

noun1

A back-and-forth movement of liquid; a swish or swash.

forms

swashings · more swashing · most swashing

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