Term Gallery logo

Meanings of swashes in English

A typographical flourish found on some letterforms, particularly in italics.

        Related terms
        Usage of swashes in English
        1
        It swashes everywhere, but to deluge, not to benefit.
        Gala-Days
        2
        The sea swashes idly against the floating ship.
        The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 / A Magazin...
        3
        For the excessive buckling of various swashes, see:
        The Project Gutenberg FAQ 2002
        4
        I was particularly fond of swashes.
        Your sad eyes and unforgettable mouth
        5
        The case against Maybe ease up on the ye-olde-smugglers-yo-ho-ho-and-a-bottle-of-rum schtick: sometimes you don't want your swashes to be buckled.
        The Guardian
        6
        Its 18 "underwater performative prints" are distorted swashes of vibrant color-whatyou'd expect if you scanned, say, a school of fish-butbeautiful just the same.
        Wired
        7
        Cringle and Cross-Tree; or, The Sea Swashes of a Sailor.
        A Victorious Union
        Swashes through the time