Swash

Swash
This unusual name is of Anglo-Saxon origin, and is a locational or a topographical surname denoting residence near "the wash", which is the estuary of the Ouse, Nene, Welland and Witham rivers, or by the River Wash, which flows through Lincolnshire. The Washes were two fordable portions of the estuary between Lincolnshire and Norfolk, and the name derives from the Olde English pre 7th Century "(ge) waesc", wash, washing movement of the water, used in the sense of a sand-bank or piece of land alternately covered and exposed by the sea, crossable on foot at low tide. The river Wash derives its name from the Olde English "waesse", swamp, used in the sense of water, stream. The surname "Swash" is found almost exclusively in Lincolnshire and Norfolk, and the prefixing of the "s" to the name is peculiar to those counties also; the town of Washingborough in Lincolnshire becomes "Swasynborro" in 1563. One William Swash was married to Agnes Foster at Manby in Lincolnshire on the 9th December 1602. The first recorded spelling of the family name is shown to be that of John Swashe, which was dated 27th January 1565, christened at Billinghay, Lincolnshire, during the reign of Queen Elizabeth 1st, known as "Good Queen Bess", 1558 - 1603. Surnames became necessary when governments introduced personal taxation. In England this was known as Poll Tax. Throughout the centuries, surnames in every country have continued to "develop" often leading to astonishing variants of the original spelling.

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  • swash — swash·buck·le; swash·buck·ler; swash·buck·ler·ing; swash·buck·ling; swash; swash·er; …   English syllables

  • Swash — Swash, n. [Cf. {Swash}, v. i., {Squash}, v. t.] (Arch.) An oval figure, whose moldings are oblique to the axis of the work. Moxon. [1913 Webster] {Swash plate} (Mach.), a revolving circular plate, set obliquely on its shaft, and acting as a cam… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Swash — Swash, a. [Cf. {Swash}, v. i., {Squash}, v. t.] Soft, like fruit too ripe; swashy. [Prov. Eng.] Pegge. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Swash — (uprush and backwash), in geography, is the water that washes up on shore after an incoming wave has broken. This action will cause sand and other light particles to be transported up the beach. The direction of the swash varies with the… …   Wikipedia

  • swash|y — «SWOSH ee, SWSH », adjective, swash|i|er, swash|i|est. soft and watery; splashy: »Bulldozers cleared the course in fine style for the reopening last Friday, but…the footing was still a little swashy (New Yorker) …   Useful english dictionary

  • Swash — Swash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Swashed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Swashing}.] [Probably of imitative origin; cf. Sw. svasska to splash, and, for sense 3, Sw. svassa to bully, to rodomontade.] 1. To dash or flow noisily, as water; to splash; as, water… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Swash — Swash, n. 1. Impulse of water flowing with violence; a dashing or splashing of water. [1913 Webster] 2. A narrow sound or channel of water lying within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore, or a bar over which the sea washes. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • swash — [swäsh, swôsh] vi. [echoic] 1. to dash, strike, wash, etc. with a splashing sound; splash 2. to swagger or bluster vt. to splash (a liquid), as in a container n. 1. a body of swift, dashing water; specif., a channel cutting through or behind a… …   English World dictionary

  • swash — 1530s, the fall of a heavy body or blow, possibly from WASH (Cf. wash) with an intensifying s . It also meant pig wash, filth, wet refuse (1520s) and may have been imitative of the sound of water dashing against solid objects. The meaning a body… …   Etymology dictionary

  • swash|er — «SWOSH uhr, SWSH », noun. = swashbuckler. (Cf. ↑swashbuckler) …   Useful english dictionary

  • swash — /swosh, swawsh/, v.i. 1. to splash, as things in water, or as water does: Waves were swashing against the piers. 2. to dash around, as things in violent motion. 3. to swagger. v.t. 4. to dash or cast violently, esp. to dash (water or other… …   Universalium

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