swash

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1. 1.To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place.
2. 2.To fall violently or noisily. [Obs.] Holinshed.
3. 3.To bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag.
4. 4.Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water.
5. 5.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.
6. 6.Liquid filth; wash; hog mash. [Obs.]
7. 7.A blustering noise; a swaggering behavior. [Obs.]
8. 8.A swaggering fellow; a swasher.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water swashing on a shallow place called?
• What is to fall violently or noisily. [Obs.] Holinshed called?
• What is to bluster; to make a great noise; to vapor or brag called?
• What is impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water called?
• What is 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 called?
• What is a blustering noise; a swaggering behavior. [Obs.] called?