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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