swashing — Dizionario inglese

Aggettivo

1. Hectoring; swaggering.

   Esempi

   Weele haue a ſwaſhing and marſhall outſide, / As manie other manniſh cowards haue, / That doe outface it with their ſemblances.

2. Crushing; resounding.

   Esempi

   Draw [your swords] if you be men, Gregorie, remember thy [ſ]waſhing blowe.

   Altri esempi (1)

   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.

Sostantivo

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