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• Swash Keys — Swash Keys (en) Géographie Pays   …   Wikipédia en Français

• Swash (disambiguation) — Swash may refer to:* Swash, the water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken * Swash (typography), a typographical flourish on a glyphPeople with the surname Swash:* Joe Swash (born 1982), British actor * Shana Swash (born… …   Wikipedia

• swash — swash·buck·le; swash·buck·ler; swash·buck·ler·ing; swash·buck·ling; swash; swash·er; …   English syllables

• Swash — Swash, n. [Cf. {Swash}, v. i., {Squash}, v. t.] (Arch.) An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work. Moxon. [1913 Webster] {Swash plate} (Mach.), a revolving circular plate, set obliquely on its shaft, and acting as a cam… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Swash plate — Swash Swash, n. [Cf. {Swash}, v. i., {Squash}, v. t.] (Arch.) An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work. Moxon. [1913 Webster] {Swash plate} (Mach.), a revolving circular plate, set obliquely on its shaft, and acting as a …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Swash — Swash, a. [Cf. {Swash}, v. i., {Squash}, v. t.] Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [Prov. Eng.] Pegge. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Swash — (uprush and backwash), in geography, is the water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken. This action will cause sand and other light particles to be transported up the beach. The direction of the swash varies with the… …   Wikipedia

• swash|y — «SWOSH ee, SWSH », adjective, swash|i|er, swash|i|est. soft and watery; splashy: »Bulldozers cleared the course in fine style for the reopening last Friday, but…the footing was still a little swashy (New Yorker) …   Useful english dictionary

• Swash — Swash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swashing}.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. svasska to splash, and, for sense 3, Sw. svassa to bully, to rodomontade.] 1. To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Swash — Swash, n. 1. Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• swash — [swäsh, swôsh] vi. [echoic] 1. to dash, strike, wash, etc. with a splashing sound; splash 2. to swagger or bluster vt. to splash (a liquid), as in a container n. 1. a body of swift, dashing water; specif., a channel cutting through or behind a… …   English World dictionary