swashing ppl adjective. ['swɒʃɪŋ] M16.
[formed as SWASHER + -ING².]
1. Characterized by ostentation, or by showy or blustering behaviour; swaggering; swashbuckling; dashing. M16.

2. Fencing. Designating a particular stroke in fencing, perh. the stramazon; (of a weapon) slashing with great force. obsolete exc. Hist. E17.
■ Shakespeare Romeo & Juliet Gregory, remember thy swashing blow.

3. Of water etc.: dashing and splashing. E17.

■ swashingly adverb swaggeringly; in a swashbuckling style: M17.

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