swashing

verb

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of swash

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.