We'll have a swashing and a martial outside, As many other mannish cowards have (Shakespeare).
A rising tide creates…swashings and swirlings and a continuous slapping against the rocky rim of the land (New Yorker).
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
swash — swash·buck·le; swash·buck·ler; swash·buck·ler·ing; swash·buck·ling; swash; swash·er; … English syllables
swash|buck|ler|ing — «SWOSH BUHK luhr ihng, SWSH », noun, adjective. = swashbuckling. (Cf. ↑swashbuckling) … Useful english dictionary
Swashing — Swash ing, a. 1. Swaggering; hectoring. A swashing and martial outside. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. Resounding; crushing. Swashing blow. Shak. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
swashbucklering — swash·buck·ler·ing … English syllables
swashbuckle — ˈswäshˌbəkəl, wȯsh intransitive verb ( ed/ ing/ s) Etymology: back formation from swashbuckler 1. : to play the swashbuckler : affect in the manner of a swashbuckler 2. : to compose or consist of a tale filled with the adventures of… … Useful english dictionary
buck — buck; buck·a·roo; buck·ber·ry; buck·board; buck·et·er; buck·et·ful; buck·ey wrack; buck·ing·ham·shire; buck·ish; buck·ism; buck·le·less; buck·leya; buck·ra; buck·shee; buck·skinned; buck·wagon; buck·wheat·er; el·buck; gems·buck; jum·buck;… … English syllables
ler — al·ber·tus·ta·ler; al·ler·gen; al·ler·gic; al·ler·gin; al·ler·gist; al·ler·gol·o·gy; al·ler·gy; al·ler·i·on; an·nul·ler; ant·ler; ant·ler·ite; ar·til·ler·ist; be·dev·il·ler; beg·ler·beg; bel·ler; bel·ler·ic; bel·ler·o·phon; bime·ler·ite;… … English syllables
er — er·i·an·thus; er·ic; er·i·ca; er·i·ca·ce·ae; er·i·cad; er·i·ca·les; er·i·ce·tal; er·i·ce·tic·o·lous; er·i·coid; er·i·co·phyte; erig·er·on; er·i·glos·sa; er·ik·ite; er·i·na·ceous; er·i·na·ceus; er·in·ite; er·i·nose; er·i·o·bot·rya;… … English syllables
Beach — /beech/, n. 1. Moses Yale, 1800 68, U.S. newspaper publisher. 2. Rex Ellingwood /el ing wood /, 1877 1949, U.S. novelist and short story writer. * * * I Sediments that accumulate along sea or lake shores. One type of beach occurs as a sediment… … Universalium
swashing — swashingly, adv. /swosh ing, swaw shing/, adj. 1. tending to swash: swashing water. 2. swashbuckling. [1550 60; SWASH + ING2] * * * … Universalium
