[swash] vb [prob. imit.] vi (1556) 1: bluster, swagger
2: to make violent noisy movements
3: to move with a splashing sound ~ vt: to cause to splash
[2]swash n (1593) 1: swagger
2: a narrow channel of water lying within a sandbank or between a sandbank and the shore
3: a dashing of water against or on something; esp: the rush of water up a beach from a breaking wave [3]swash n [obs. E swash slanting] (1683): an extended flourish on a printed character [4]swash adj (1683): having one or more swashes "~ capitals"