dial. [Cf. SWASHY.] Soft; also, fuddled.

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1711.  Ramsay, On Maggy Johnstoun, vi. We did baith … pish and spew, and yesk and maunt, Right swash I true.

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1728.  Ramsay’s Poems, II. Gloss., Swash, squat, fuddled.

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a. 1800.  Pegge, Suppl. Grose, Swash, and Swashy, soft, like fruit too ripe. Derb.

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1888.  Sheffield Gloss.

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