A sudden surge of the sea. Also, a shoal in a tide-way or mouth of a river, over which the water flows, and the tide ripples in ebbing or flowing.
·noun Liquid filth; wash; hog mash. II. Swash ·vi To fall violently or noisily. III. Swash ·noun A...
Webster's Dictionary of the English Language
To shake water about from side to side, as in a tub or barrel. ...
Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.
and SWASHY soft, like fruit too ripe. Derb. ...
A glossary of provincial and local words used in England by Francis Grose