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swashing - definition and meaning
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verb swash .adjective adjective
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For two or three mornings accordingly I had seen nothing of Nero; but the third or fourth morning, on/[Page 92]/striking out to swim a few yards, I heard gradually a kind of swashing behind me; looking back, it was Nero out on voluntary humble partnership - ready to swim with me to Edinburgh or to the world's end if I liked!
Letters and Memorials of Jane Welsh Carlyle 1883
They stood at the edges of circular holes in the ice, and after 'swashing ' the linen a short time in the water, wrung it with their purple hands.
Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life Thomas Wallace Knox 1865
At times no sounds were heard save the whisperings of the breeze, as it brushed against the spread canvas, or a slight "swashing " in the water as it was broken by the rough timbers of the craft.
The Ocean Waifs A Story of Adventure on Land and Sea Mayne Reid 1850
I don't see Egyptian protesters swashing their way down the slopes of Davos, swaddled in high-end leather couture!
Richard Cohen Explains Why Egyptians Can't Have Nice Things Jason Linkins 2011
I don't see Egyptian protesters swashing their way down the slopes of Davos, swaddled in high-end leather couture!
Richard Cohen Explains Why Egyptians Can't Have Nice Things Jason Linkins 2011
Through my open door I could see water swashing up and down the hall, while half a foot of water creamed and curdled from under my bunk across the floor each time the ship rolled to starboard.
CHAPTER XXX 2010
He just wanted to sit there and listen to the sea swashing between the rocks.
Sunday Salon: Scent of the Night Maxine 2007
He just wanted to sit there and listen to the sea swashing between the rocks.
Sunday Salon: Scent of the Night Maxine 2007
He just wanted to sit there and listen to the sea swashing between the rocks.
December 2007 Maxine 2007
Johnny's out of the picture because he's busy swashing and buckling and Tonto-ing, so it's really like starting anew.
Wait, Now Terry Gilliam Says Johnny Depp is IN The Man Who Killed Don Quixote? | /Film 2009
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