[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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 to give a
      reciprocating motion to a rod in a direction parallel to
      the shaft.
      1913 webster
see also:
swash squash swash plate 

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