Sekirov Dictionary

swatch

UK /swɒtʃ/US /swɔt͡ʃ/

noun 6
verb 1
forms 3

noun6

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A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.
- He held a swatch of the wallpaper up to see if the colors would match the room.
(figurative) A clump or portion of something.
A selection of such samples bound together.
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(figurative) A demonstration, an example, a proof.
- Pray Sir, pay off the Old Debt, before I trust you more New. This is a Swatch of Your Faith, and how much You are a Man of Your Word. — 1717
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(UK) A channel or passage of water between sandbanks, or between a sandbank and a seashore.
- It must be observed, that the passages, called Cockerlees, are no other than swatches through the Long-Sand. — 1801
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(Northern-England, no longer used) A tag or other small object attached to another item as a means of identifying its owner; a tally; specifically the counterfoil of a tally.
- Swatch, s[ubstantive] a pattern, a sample, a tally. V[ide] Ray [Collection of English Words (London, 1691)], swache. — 1829

verb1

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To create a swatch, especially a sample of knitted fabric.
- Swatching is important in knitting to obtain the correct gauge.

forms

swatched · swatching · swatches

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