Толковый словарь английского языка - swash

I. verb Etymology: probably imitative Date: 1556 intransitive verb bluster, swagger, to make violent noisy movements, to move with a splashing sound, transitive verb to cause to splash, II. noun Date: 1593 swagger, a narrow channel of water lying within a sandbank or between a sandbank and the shore, a dashing of water against or on something, III. noun Etymology: obsolete English ~ slanting Date: 1683 an extended flourish on a printed character, IV. adjective Date: 1683 having one or more ~es