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Definition of Swashes
1. swash [v] - See also: swash
Lexicographical Neighbors of Swashes
Literary usage of Swashes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Manual of the Laws of North Carolina, Arranged Under Distinct Heads, in ...by North Carolina, John Haywood by North Carolina, John Haywood (1819)
"Fof every ship or vessel over either of the swashes, two dollars. For every ship
or vessel from the mouth of the Swash to either of the ports of Newbern or ..."
2. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1878)
"A few sand-hills are left at the bead of the island, and ;i few farther south,
which are well back on the ma-sh. Near the place of the former " swashes," ..."
3. Publications by English Dialect Society (1893)
"NW ' A man in answer to my question of how the rain seemed to fall, said, " It
came down in swashes," and I think it may also be said that ..."
4. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1891)
"The birds are exceedingly shy, and in the open swashes it is difficult to get
within shot; for while stealing warily toward them, you are very apt to hear a ..."
5. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1905)
"One of the nests was in a dead branch of a gum mastic tree, the others in
Tillandsias on mangroves at the edge of the ' swashes.' 28. ..."
6. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"With courtly knights, not roaring country swashes. ... One who swashes, or makes
a blustering show of valor or force of arms; a braggart; a bully. ..."
7. A Naturalist in the Bahamas: John I. Northrop, October 12, 1861 by Henry Fairfield Osborn, John I. Northrop (1910)
"We found it quite abundant in the creeks and swashes, and at Fresh Creek ...
The birds are exceedingly shy, and in the open swashes it is difficult to get ..."
8. A Manual of the Laws of North Carolina, Arranged Under Distinct Heads, in ...by North Carolina, John Haywood by North Carolina, John Haywood (1819)
"Fof every ship or vessel over either of the swashes, two dollars. For every ship
or vessel from the mouth of the Swash to either of the ports of Newbern or ..."
9. House Documents, Otherwise Publ. as Executive Documents: 13th Congress, 2d by United States Congress. House (1878)
"Near the place of the former " swashes," about 3 miles from the head of the
island, the sand is washed away, leaving the marsh, which is the foundation of ..."
10. Publications by English Dialect Society (1893)
"NW ' A man in answer to my question of how the rain seemed to fall, said, " It
came down in swashes," and I think it may also be said that ..."
11. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1891)
"The birds are exceedingly shy, and in the open swashes it is difficult to get
within shot; for while stealing warily toward them, you are very apt to hear a ..."
12. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1905)
"One of the nests was in a dead branch of a gum mastic tree, the others in
Tillandsias on mangroves at the edge of the ' swashes.' 28. ..."
13. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1891)
"With courtly knights, not roaring country swashes. ... One who swashes, or makes
a blustering show of valor or force of arms; a braggart; a bully. ..."
14. A Naturalist in the Bahamas: John I. Northrop, October 12, 1861 by Henry Fairfield Osborn, John I. Northrop (1910)
"We found it quite abundant in the creeks and swashes, and at Fresh Creek ...
The birds are exceedingly shy, and in the open swashes it is difficult to get ..."
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