Swash"way` (?), n. Same as 4th Swash, 2.
Swash"y (?), a. Soft, like fruit that is too ripe; quashy; swash.
[Prov. Eng.]
Swat (swt), obs. imp. of Sweat. Chaucer.
Swatch (?), n. 1. A swath. [Obs.] Tusser.
2. A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth. Halliwell.
Jamieson.
Swate (swt), obs. imp. of Sweat. Thomson.
Swath (swth; 277), n. [AS. swaðu a track, trace; akin to D. zwaad,
zwad, zwade, a swath of grass, G. schwad, schwaden; perhaps,
originally, a shred. Cf. Swathe, v. t.] 1. A line of grass or grain cut
and thrown together by the scythe in mowing or cradling.
2. The whole sweep of a scythe, or the whole breadth from which grass
or grain is cut by a scythe or a machine, in mowing or cradling; as, to
cut a wide swath.