swashing
adj 2noun 1
Definitions
adj
1
Hectoring; swaggering.
Weele haue a ſwaſhing and marſhall outſide, / As manie other manniſh cowards haue, / That doe outface it with their ſemblances.
2
Crushing; resounding.
Draw [your swords] if you be men, Gregorie, remember thy [ſ]waſhing blowe.
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
1
A back-and-forth movement of liquid; a swish or swash.
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