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English
Verb
swashing
- present participle and gerund of swash
Adjective
swashing (comparative more swashing, superlative most swashing)
- Hectoring; swaggering.
c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 187, column 2:Weele haue a ſwaſhing and marſhall outſide, / As manie other manniſh cowards haue, / That doe outface it with their ſemblances.
- Crushing; resounding.
c. 1591–1595 (date written), , Romeo and Iuliet. (Second Quarto), London: Thomas Creede, for Cuthbert Burby, , published 1599, →OCLC, :Draw if you be men, Gregorie, remember thy waſhing blowe.
c. 1608–1610, Francis Beaumont, John Fletcher, “Philaster: Or, Love Lies a Bleeding”, in Fifty Comedies and Tragedies. All in One Volume. Published by the Authors Original Copies, the Songs to each Play being Added.">…], , London: J Macock , for John Martyn, Henry Herringman, and Richard Marriot, published 1679, →OCLC, Act IV, scene i, page 37, column 2:And with this ſwaſhing blow, do you ſwear Prince; / I could hulk your Grace, and hang you up croſs-legg'd, / Like a Hare at a Poulters, and do this with this wiper.
Noun
swashing (plural swashings)
- A back-and-forth movement of liquid; a swish or swash.
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