| 单词 | swash |
| 例句 | He paused to brush away a mosquito and rubbed a swash of mud across one side of his face. A Single Shard 2001-04-23T00:00:00Z I want gallantry from her, swash buckling, heroism, single-handed combat. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Marked again by pristine production, miniature symphonies emerge during the transitions and swashes of melody ascend on each chorus. Review: Phoenix returns with another strong album 2013-04-22T18:43:09Z That Ethan Gage — when he buckles a swash, it stays buckled. ‘The Barbed Crown’: head to head with Napoleon 2013-05-09T22:29:24Z Was there ever any actor who better swashed a buckle? Ahoy! Top 10 pirate movies ever 2011-05-20T15:45:07Z For all the buckles that get swashed in Leo the African, this is a book of understanding. Summer voyages: Leo the African by Amin Maalouf 2013-07-19T12:57:30Z "The Musketeers" are back to buckle more swashes on the return of this drama based on the Alexandre Dumas novel. TV This Week Jan. 11 - 17: 'Whitney' 2015-01-09T05:00:00Z There are lots of swashes buckled, swords clanked and, just in case that doesn’t do the job, a shirtless and chiseled Mr. Crowe. Film: Ridley Scott?s New Spectacle Film: ?Robin Hood? 2010-05-07T23:29:00Z “Because I know that my good golf is good enough,” he said all calmly, with neither swash nor buckle. Amateur Sam Bennett on the Masters leader board? You’ve got to be kidding. 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z The upward-moving water, known as the swash, pushes sediment particles along the beach, while the downward-moving water, the backwash, brings them straight back. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Symmetrical ripples are the result of an oscillating back-and-forth flow typical of intertidal swash zones. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z The developer showed off new footage of the game as a part of its Ubisoft Forward event highlighting all the timbers you’ll get to shiver and buckles you’ll get to swash. Ubisoft’s Skull And Bones is real, and it’s coming on November 8th 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z In these moments, this “Cyrano” duly swashes and buckles, to diverting if somewhat perfunctory effect. Review: Peter Dinklage earns your love in the snazzy (but not schnozzy) musical 'Cyrano' 2022-02-24T05:00:00Z “It’s always tough to put into words,” Rahm said of his debt to the late Ballesteros, who won five major championships and redefined the game from his particular intersection of swash and buckle. At the Memorial, Jon Rahm gets hot — and is poised to be golf’s new No. 1 2020-07-18T04:00:00Z The combined effects of sediment transport within the surf zone by the longshore current and sediment movement along the beach by swash and backwash is known as longshore drift. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The beach face is where the swash of the breaking wave runs up and the backwash flows back down. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Laan uses vocal harmonies to lilting effect, her crystalline singing framed by stately swashes of strings. Best of 2018: The many expressions of Latin pop 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z The next morning, water came up her street in inch-high waves, like the foamy swash rolling up to the dry sand on a beach, layer upon layer, until the water was nearing her front door. How Harvey changed the shape of three families — one forever 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Manchester United, England’s premier entertainers, are suffering from a severe lack of swash and buckle, which isn’t necessarily what people in England were expecting when Louis van Gaal pitched up at Old Trafford last year. Club Brugge v Manchester United: Champions League play-off – live! 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z A longshore current develops where waves approach the shore at an angle, and swash and backwash on a beach move sediment along the shore. Physical Geology 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z However, refracted waves on average approach the shoreline at somewhat of an angle creating a slight difference between the swash as it moves up the beach face and the backwash as it flows back down. An Introduction to Geology 2017-01-01T00:00:00Z Eleven hatchlings were released into the swash with their mini-pingers attached. Turtles tracked on swimming frenzy 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z In spite of what Keats and Omar Khayyam and all those other saturated poets may have swashed down in verse over the years, drinking is not in itself a necessary, creative or vital act. Sober October: when did giving up alcohol become a heroic act? 2014-10-01T04:00:00Z Manchester United, England’s premier entertainers, are suffering from a severe lack of swash and buckle, which isn’t necessarily what people in England were expecting when Louis van Gaal pitched up at Old Trafford last year. Club Brugge v Manchester United: Champions League play-off – live! 2015-08-26T04:00:00Z A quick swash, a little buckle and it's Lefty's for the taking. Who will win the 2014 Masters? 2014-04-09T18:19:42Z You spend most of this game traipsing across a lushly realized Carribean, sinking ships, exploring shipwrecks, buckling swashes and singing sea shanties. The Three Best Open World Video Games Of 2013 2013-12-19T17:37:00Z But I can say that at first blush, it seems AC4 looks like a decent enough seafaring game, with more than enough buckles to swash. First 'Assassin's Creed IV' Trailer Disappoints with a Lack of Assassination 2013-03-03T05:21:54Z When the gale commenced to abate, some one ventured into the house on deck, when it was discovered that it was full of soapsuds, which swashed backwards and forwards through the series of rooms. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z I observed, with pleasure, how gaily the cob was diving and swashing about in his duck-pool and milk-bath of life; and forthwith determined on a journey to his shore. Translations from the German (Vol 3 of 3) Tales by Musaeus, Tieck, Richter 2012-02-08T03:00:20.643Z Swish′er, one who swishes or flogs; Swish′-swash, a swishing action or sound: a washy drink. Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) 2012-01-30T03:00:19.113Z A slender islet partly breaks the swash of the eddying waters against the mainland. The Life and Times of Kateri Tekakwitha The Lily of the Mohawks 2011-09-16T02:00:21.817Z The native swashed his canoe into a margin of floating plants, which had rounded leaves and inflated stalks, like buoys. The Sea and the Jungle 2011-08-30T02:00:30.350Z The Rev. Laurence Sterne, it is to be feared, counted too largely upon the swash of such tender recording angels. English Lands Letters and Kings Queen Anne and the Georges 2011-08-29T02:01:10.603Z But, as an every-day companion, the long-sword was incongruous to a fastidious cavalier; and, again, the buckler, indispensable adjunct to the broad swashing blade of home production, was hardly more suitable. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" 2011-06-19T02:00:16.580Z The branches of the trees waved and shook and swashed up and down, and thrashed the grass and bushes beneath them. Latitude 19 degree A Romance of the West Indies in the Year of Our Lord Eighteen Hundred and Twenty 2011-05-30T02:00:18.047Z Kala Nag swashed out of the water, blew his trunk clear, and began another climb; but this time he was not alone, and he had not to make his path. The jungle book 2011-05-02T02:00:19.467Z I observed, with pleasure, how gayly the cob was diving and swashing about in his duck-pool and milk-bath of life; and forthwith determined on a journey to his shore. The Campaner Thal and Other Writings 2011-04-26T02:00:29.827Z The rain was steadily beating on the roof, a newly made brook was gurgling and swashing past the door. The Hills of Refuge A Novel 2011-04-09T02:00:10.530Z I was just getting into a doze when a miserable deck-hand swashed a bucket of water over me. Rick Dale, A Story of the Northwest Coast 2011-03-24T02:00:12.337Z He has already received "a swashing blow" respecting the agricultural statistics on which he bases the whole of his argument. The Library Magazine of Select Foreign Literature All volumes 2011-03-02T03:00:25.433Z With the tremendous tip of the vessel, and the swash of the sea, could she have been swept overboard? In the Van; or, The Builders 2011-02-09T03:00:42.387Z Back in the day, Manchester United were always top and they still are, only they're playing with none of the swash and buckle with which they are usually associated. Saturday Clockwatch - live! 2011-01-22T14:00:00Z It was the sound of wailing and lamentation, accompanied by the creaking of timber and the swash of water. Robert Tournay A Romance of the French Revolution 2011-01-06T03:00:50.873Z There was no other sound, I remember, for hours and hours, except the steady, monotonous, slobbery swash of a bursting roof-gutter somewhere close in the eaves. The Sick-a-Bed Lady And Also Hickory Dock, The Very Tired Girl, The Happy-Day, Something That Happened in October, The Amateur Lover, Heart of The City, The Pink Sash, Woman's Only Business 2011-01-04T03:01:00.723Z Its intermittent swash upon the rocks sent peace into my soul. A Republic Without a President and Other Stories Then over the rails came the water and swashed around the decks, knee deep. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document They mock my wide smile, and my scantness of thatch; I think, though, in managing skill I am—skill I am, All things considered, much more than a match For swaggering, swashing Sir William—Will-i-am! Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 98, May 31, 1890 Occasionally the swashing of water smote their ears, and at intervals open fissures extending to the stream far below them were encountered, whereby cooling drink was obtained by means of a lariat and camp bucket. Chiquita, an American Novel The Romance of a Ute Chief's Daughter The water was running in and out of her ports and swashing up her hatchways. The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 Even at that moment small Methuselah was swashing it with a great mop, which dripped more water than it wiped up. Dorothy on a House Boat The next night we heard the same swashing again; then we knew there was a leak somewhere. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document The bee struggled, whirled around on the surface with thrashing wings, and sent the water swashing in every direction, till the ant was nearly drowned. The Haunters of the Silences A Book of Animal Life To this day the thought of the swashing water, beaten white against the port-hole before my eyes, is sickening. An American Girl Abroad He turned the haversack inside out, and swashed it out in the stream. Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro “Why, we found he had carried an armful of firewood down to the shore and was industriously swashing the sticks up and down in the water, thinking he was washing the supper dishes.” Wyn's Camping Days or, The Outing of the Go-Ahead Club By swashing them up and down for awhile, I got considerable of the mud removed. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document You don’t hear a swashing to a distance now?” Stories by American Authors, Volume 8 At the first gray dawn of light come the swash of water and the trickling down of the stream against your window, with the sound of the holy-stones pushed back and forth upon the deck. An American Girl Abroad Then, after pillowing Marylyn's head on a Navajo blanket beside the swashing water cask, she climbed forward to the driver's seat and took the reins from her father. The Plow-Woman Hear it swash against the sides of the boat! The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 15, No. 91, May, 1865 One night we heard water swashing under the forecastle deck. The Story of a Strange Career Being the Autobiography of a Convict; an Authentic Document The song went to a rough, swashing, popular air; and long after the words became inaudible the swing of the music, rising and falling, echoed insult in the Prince’s brain. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 7 (of 25) Quite a foot of water was swashing back and forth over the cabin floor, while a steady stream poured down the companionway stairs. Wings of the Wind You did look so melancholy swashing about on this lonely beach.” The Pines of Lory The rain came down first in a slight sprinkle, and then in large drops, and a cold wind swashed the drops into her face, blinding her. The Broom-Squire And then the jungle: its discordant uproar, its hammering of frogs, its hoots and howls, the dismal swash of flood waters. The Pathless Trail Out came Clancy’s orders then––rapid fire––and as he ripped them out, no whistling wind could smother his voice, no swash of the sea could drown it. The Seiners There is no stirring, crushing or scrubbing, Hot soapy water swashes back and forth through the clothes, eradicating almost instantly every particle of dirt. The Mayflower, January, 1905 Paddling away, he suddenly heard the swash of waves, and found himself approaching a wharf, but on which side the river he could not say. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance In the distance I could hear the swashing of waves on a beach. The Long Voyage The clouds only meant rain, the sand was sand, and the sea but a wet swash of water: he began to look at his watch and think of the trains. Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 20, August 1877 When we had the first hundred barrels of mackerel swashing in brine, the rest of them, perhaps another hundred barrels, were bailed in. The Seiners She had just straightened up, lifting a piece of the washing to the height of her head, and letting it down with a swash and slap upon the board. Dr. Sevier It was nearly low tide, and the waves were swashing the timbers beneath the wharf. Daughters of the Revolution and Their Times 1769 - 1776 A Historical Romance The vessel plows and swashes through the water, plunging its bowsprit into the waves without exciting their fears. Tales of Fishes As they drew near us one of the forward pair stumbled and fell, and down came the body into the mud with a swash. War from the Inside The Story of the 132nd Regiment Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry in the War for the Suppression of the Rebellion, 1862-1863 And clip, clip, clip it was, with the swash 78 just curling nicely under the bow of the other boat, and I suppose our own, too, if we could have seen. The Seiners The children did as they were bidden, and the little man cried: “Swish! swash!” Irish Fairy Tales The bellow of the frogs all about us, the scream of toads, and the heavy swash of passing steamers dangerously near our door, will be a sufficient lullaby to-night. Afloat on the Ohio An Historical Pilgrimage of a Thousand Miles in a Skiff, from Redstone to Cairo Another and another follow with a swash and a suck and a savage bubbling of relieved pressures. With The Night Mail A Story of 2000 A.D. (Together with extracts from the comtemporary magazine in which it appeared) The man and the girl heard their steps shuffle off, and even caught the swash of their knees against the stiff rubber coats, so near they passed. The Web of the Golden Spider The Johnnie was close-hauled at this time and swashing under, and I knew without asking further that the skipper intended to make Delaware Breakwater. The Seiners But Mr. Pulitzer, though he has these spare intimations of pity, has none of the sentiment which there is rather a swash of in the Potiphar Papers. Imaginary Interviews Down came the tons of water, booming on the deck that bent under the blow, spilling in a great cataract that swashed across the deck. A Man to His Mate "Didn't you hear the swash of her paddle-wheels as you came in?" said Faith merrily. Say and Seal, Volume II It wuz sunthin’ to remember as long as you lived to hear that great flood of melody flow out and swash and sway round us, bearin’ us some distance away from ourselves. Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands Not Tommie Clancy––no, sir––he just drove her––let her have it full––lashed her like, with his teeth and eyes flashing through the sea that was swashing over him. The Seiners For a little while it whirled about, and surged, and boiled, and tumbled over and over in the depths of the churn with a hollow, swashing noise terribly ominous of what was to come. The Land of Thor Deming was drowned, his body flung up by the tide, rolling in the swash. A Man to His Mate It looked awful down there in the hollow, and the wind was getting up, the water swashed around, and I couldn't help thinking there might be a tramp in there. Harper's Young People, January 6, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly I shouldn’t wonder a mite if it missed ’em and tried to say so in its gentle, pensive swish, swash, swish. Samantha at Coney Island and a Thousand Other Islands We 'll have a swashing and a martial outside, As many other mannish cowards have. Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature The water dripped down his back, swashed in his shoes; he was, in his lowered vitality, supremely uncomfortable. Mountain Blood A Novel Sure enough, from the swashing of water and glimmer of lights in the fog, it could be seen that the great lumbering men-of-war were closing in upon the privateer. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure "Whack! whack! whack! whack!" came four more swashing blows, whilst the Griffin hesitated. The Tale of Lal A Fantasy At that critical moment overboard went the bundle, the two men with the lantern rushing out and dragging it clear of the swash. A Village of Vagabonds I saw that steamer coming, and I ordered Sanford to shove off, so that her swash should not damage the boat.” Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark Kneeling in the flood that swashed from bow to stern, he bailed vigorously until the boat was fairly clear. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good So they swashed along, the Englishmen anxious for a fight, and a chance to overhaul the supposed treasure which the stranger was carrying. Famous Privateersmen and Adventurers of the Sea Their rovings, cruises, escapades, and fierce battling upon the ocean for patriotism and for treasure After making as good terms as possible they journey on, riotously churning and swashing the long, tortuous canal and its contents in search of ancient toxic gases and feces lodged in the lower bowel. Intestinal Ills Chronic Constipation, Indigestion, Autogenetic Poisons, Diarrhea, Piles, Etc. Also Auto-Infection, Auto-Intoxication, Anemia, Emaciation, Etc. Due to Proctitis and Colitis But half an hour, an hour passed, and, strain his eyes as he would, he could see nothing but inky darkness, and hear nothing but the dull swash, swash of the tide upon the sand. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success He saw that the swash of the steamer was likely to throw the boat on the rocks, and grind her planking upon the sharp points of the island. Up The Baltic Young America in Norway, Sweden, and Denmark A miscellaneous lot of wreckage was swashing in the surf at the base of the point, and Jim and some of the crew were salvaging what they could; but it was not very much. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good “No room for you here,” returned the doctor, removing with a flourish the last candied sugar lump from the bottom of the big dish, and beginning to swash about vigorously in the hot water. The Indifference of Juliet What is to prevent him from running the launch so that I shall get all the swash? The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview There was the cliff, with its terrifying height and its sharp, ugly crags: she would almost rather throw herself into the swashing, roaring waves at its base than tell the tale of her folly. Lippincott's Magazine, November 1885 Don came to with the first swash of the big, smelly sponge on his face. Left Guard Gilbert Big rollers swashed against the port bow and broke aboard. Jim Spurling, Fisherman or Making Good The men talked only in whispers, there was no flapping of sail, only the swash of the oars in the water, drowned by the wind. The Riflemen of the Ohio A Story of the Early Days along "The Beautiful River" The horse quivered as the cold water swashed about its legs, and turned playfully to bite its groom. The House with the Green Shutters Through the greater portion of the canal the speed of steamers is limited to five miles an hour; otherwise the swash of the propeller would injure the embankments on either side. Asiatic Breezes Students on The Wing He did not wake till the swash of the night boat from the south caused the Goldwing to bump against the wharf. All Adrift or The Goldwing Club Bucklers went out fifty years ago, "about the twentieth of Queen Elizabeth"; men do not now swash with them, or fight in that way. The International Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1, April, 1851 As yet he can distinguish no sound to alarm him; only the monotonous swashing of the sea, and the murmur of distant voices in the streets of the town. The Flag of Distress A Story of the South Sea Again we raised our voices, and shouted till our lungs were exhausted, but no answer came, the only sounds we heard being the thrapping and swash of the waves against our boat. Rídan The Devil And Other Stories 1899 I have been swashing about at sea 'most all my life. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 The muddy water swashed up, and entirely covered the windows of the pilot-house, leaving enough of the soil to make the glass as opaque as the levee itself. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi I whispered to him, when I had stepped out into the swash of the rain. The Blue Wall A Story of Strangeness and Struggle Oh, the great big Irishman, The rattling, battling Irishman— The stamping, ramping, swaggering, staggering, leathering swash of an Irishman! The Book of Humorous Verse But the boat was swashing in and out against the side of the ship—up on a sea and then bang! in against the side of the ship. The U-boat hunters All amidships is full of water, you know—comes in through holes bored in the hull—fresh sea-water that swashes in and out and keeps the lobsters alive till they get to market. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 The water swashed fore and aft, but no longer pounded against the house on deck. Up the River or, Yachting on the Mississippi One of the two skiffs that rocked there usually was there now, swashing up and down in the current, but the other was gone. Sally of Missouri When their discordant cries were left so far behind as to be softened by distance, the flapping of wings and swash of water, as the fowl plunged in, still made the air busy all round. Feats on the Fiord The third book in "The Playfellow" Raise the pan a bit and swash the water—flip it out along with the dirt, a little at a time. Gold Seekers of '49 "It will keep you out of the swash," he advised her. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 The sea swashes idly against the floating ship. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 17, No. 104, June, 1866 It was a near thing, for she was a flier, and could do two miles to our one; but we just reached her as she went swashing by. Danger! and Other Stories At each roll the water gushed through her port-holes, and swashed through the hatchways. The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 She fluttered upstairs with swashing petticoats and a flutter of ribbons, and Paul waited in the corridor below. Despair's Last Journey The upturned schooner rolled sluggishly, and every now and then the water swashed across her cabin with extra impetus, making footing insecure. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Which she did, and with Leary giving her plenty of wheel, through the white swash she scooped a long, wet rail. Sonnie-Boy's People The children did as they were bidden, and the little man cried: "Swish! swash!" The Golden Spears And Other Fairy Tales Ben Gile began to swash his bucket up and down, up and down, in the stream until the water fairly rocked. Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies The current swashed dismally among the slender, swaying willows, on either side; and beyond these, he knew that there was at least three hundred yards of swimming depth before either shore could be reached. Chums of the Camp Fire She was noticeably down by the head, and black water was swashing forward of the break of the main-deck. Blow The Man Down A Romance Of The Coast - 1916 Calves and chickens gave life to the barn-yard, and fields of wheat rippled and ran with swash of heavy-bearded heads and dapple of shadow and sheen. A Little Norsk; Or, Ol' Pap's Flaxen Pope's Creek, as it rippled along, made pleasant music, the partridges drummed in the under brush, and the redbirds whistled weirdly in the leafless chestnut grove near the swash. Second Book of Tales Modestine herself was in high spirits, and broke of her own accord, for the first time in my experience, into a jolting trot that sent the oats swashing in the pocket of my coat. The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 1 (of 25) The nearest house was three or four miles distant; and a voice could be heard but a little distance, above the swash of the flood and the rush of the cold wind. Chums of the Camp Fire Blair however heard the dripping and swashing of water in the rear of the house as he went up the narrow stairway. The Boy Patriot Fatima only played with it, swashing her muzzle well, and flinging the bright drops over mademoiselle's horse, who drank steadily. The Rose of Old St. Louis We were all crowded together, crouching on the canvas, and the water just swashed about us as if we were floating boards. A Jolly Fellowship The modern trick of wide spacing often lends itself aptly to the swing and freedom of the swashed and flourished lines of Script, as may be seen in figure 207. Letters and Lettering A Treatise With 200 Examples Over the edge of the swash of a wave I have gathered in oceans and possessed them. The Voice of the Machines An Introduction to the Twentieth Century She went down the hill to the edge of the broad, dark Ottawa, where thin slices of ice were swashing together. Old Man Savarin and Other Stories If a man is going to play the swashbuckler, I like to see him able to swash his buckle. White Ashes The damp wind-gusts sighed; the surf swashed drearily on the rocks. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' Indeed, the same general rules for spacing and the same freedom in the treatment of the serifs, kerns and swash lines are quite as applicable to pen-drawn small letters as to the capital forms. Letters and Lettering A Treatise With 200 Examples Ripple, ripple, swash! ripple, ripple, swash! went the unconscious waves. More Jonathan Papers For a moment no other sound could be heard; then, as it died away and the rain came swashing down in fresh deluge, Carey's voice overmastered the storm. Warrior Gap A Story of the Sioux Outbreak of '68. A swashing swell met the ships as they neared America. Vikings of the Pacific The Adventures of the Explorers who Came from the West, Eastward A heavy noise, like that of some huge flouring-mill in full operation, could be plainly heard above the swash of the waves and the drive and patter of the storm. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' Notice the freedom and variety of the swash lines in the capitals, and yet that each version is quite as graceful, logical and original as any of its variants. Letters and Lettering A Treatise With 200 Examples It had, indeed, been “thoroughly overhauled” and pronounced seaworthy, but there was the water, too much to be accounted for as spray, swashing over the bottom boards, growing undeniably and most uncomfortably deeper. More Jonathan Papers Once the little boat seemed to stand still a long time, swashing up and down in the hollows of the waves, while over it the chop of the sea splashed in spiteful fury. Where the Sun Swings North "Nonsense, Jimmie," I replied, "there is no danger of that," and I turned over to have another snooze, when I heard a peculiar swash, swash, swash, against the side of the house. Danger Signals Remarkable, Exciting and Unique Examples of the Bravery, Daring and Stoicism in the Midst of Danger of Train Dispatchers and Railroad Engineers We could hear the rattle of her blocks, the swash of the sea, and the roar of sails; and, quite distinct on the fresh breeze, the gruff commands to reload. Left on Labrador or, The cruise of the Schooner-yacht 'Curlew.' as Recorded by 'Wash.' "Do you hear the water swash against the logs along the shore?" said Blennerhassett. A Dream of Empire Or, The House of Blennerhassett Every time he did so the cruel serpent of leather went at him, coiling round his legs with a sudden, hissing swash. Alec Forbes of Howglen Despite the lazy swash of the swells on the beach below the sunny afternoon was heavy with silence. Where the Sun Swings North These flexible-leaved and elastic-stemmed plants can endure waves which attain no more than a foot or two of height, and by the friction which they afford make the swash on the shore very slight. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography The swash of a great steamer passing in the channel made his boat roll heavily for a moment, with the forward part of the bottom resting on the sand. Within The Enemy's Lines Mr. Waples sank along the sides of the cave in the swash or backflow, until he arrived at a grand archway of limestone, riven from a mass of slate. Tales of the Chesapeake There was the drowsy swash of saddle leather and the padded chug of dragging feet and the hum, the hypnotic hum, of the heat that drowsed from delirium to sleep. The Freebooters of the Wilderness Why, you could fairly hear the swash, swash of the water, as the old brindle cow plashed through its cool waves. Samantha at the World's Fair This swashing affects not only the broken part of the waves, but all the water between the outer breaker and the shore. Outlines of the Earth's History A Popular Study in Physiography The soft, continuous chugging of the engine, the swash of water alongside, the ceaseless sweep of the current, and the dark gloom of the shadows through which we struggled, all combined to produce drowsiness. The Devil's Own A Romance of the Black Hawk War He walked away, with the water trickling uncomfortably down him inside his clothes and swashing juicily in his shoes. The Jester of St. Timothy's The grass swished and swashed against the legs and ears of the Candy Rabbit as the cat carried him along. The Story of a Candy Rabbit Fur off, fur off, we hear the melodious swash of its waves on its green banks—we see fur off the gleam of its white, glory-lit mountain-tops. Samantha at the World's Fair With a inimitable chuckle, Satan motioned away the inexperienced devils, and sed, “Leave em to me,” and at Ben he hurled a package uv the New York News, wich swashed him down instanter. "Swingin Round the Cirkle." His Ideas Of Men, Politics, And Things, As Set Forth In His Letters To The Public Press, During The Year 1866. The tide was boiling past the side of the vessel, swashing like a mill-race. Dan Merrithew I felt the water swash against me and knew the Indian was swimming back. Montlivet Their meek eyes followed him as he stumped into the swash and kicked up two belaying-pins floating in the debris. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul The water was swashing round within a few feet of the door. Connor Magan's Luck and Other Stories The swell from her rolled in, swashing heavily on the beach. Poor Man's Rock Scarcely was this task half accomplished when the clanking of weapons was heard in the distance, soon accompanied by the swashing of horses' hoofs on the drenched soil. In Clive's Command A Story of the Fight for India This error Mr Arnold has no difficulty in laying low at once; but unluckily his swashing blow carries him with it, and he falls headlong into fresh error himself. Matthew Arnold The doomed Dobson was swashing toward the roaring shore broadside on. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul At his elbow is a porthole, brightly curtained with a scrap of clean chintz, and he can hear the swash of the seas along his ship's tall side. Plum Pudding Of Divers Ingredients, Discreetly Blended & Seasoned Other nations looked covetously upon our great body of able-bodied seamen, born within sound of the swash of the surf, nurtured in the fisheries, able to build, to rig, or to navigate a ship. American Merchant Ships and Sailors A boar spear in my hand; and in my heart, Lie there what hidden woman's fear there will,— We'll have a swashing and a martial outside. A History of English Prose Fiction The water ran along over the flush deck, as if hunting for the scuppers, and came swashing down to the lee where the party were standing, wetting the ladies' feet to the ankle. Doctor Claudius, A True Story Her jibs, swashing soggily about her bow, were hoisted out of the water, and a gust bellied them. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul Flocks of ducks rose before him, and swashed down with a fluttering ricochet into the water again, beyond the shot of his rifle. Sevenoaks I hear the swash of the lash upon the backs of the unfortunates; I hear them crying for mercy from the merciless. My Life In The South She could hear the buttermilk begin to swash! The Brimming Cup You heard no click of machinery or swash of water against the sides: we were gliding on through a green and lovely marsh, with water-lilies all about us and wild roses in the distance. Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885 He waved a disconsolate gesture toward the cove where the remains of the Dobson swashed in the breakers. The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul But it was too late to question the old man's intentions: we were already in the back swash of the breakers. Lippincott's Magazine, October 1885 The dull, heavy swash of the dirty Clyde and the distant hum of the sorrowful voices of humanity in the adjacent streets hardly touched the sharp, cutting accents of the two quarrelling men. Scottish sketches At last the doctor fairly fell over the rail, landed astride on the boat's gunwale, and from thence took a roll to the bottom and lay in the swashing water. A Dream of the North Sea Too long the Capital hath borne the stubborn Tory yoke, Too long the Liberals have failed to strike a swashing stroke. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 102, February 6, 1892 The current and the wind caught us in their grip, and we swashed out from shore and got under way. The Range Dwellers They stood at the edges of circular holes in the ice, and after 'swashing' the linen a short time in the water, wrung it with their purple hands. Overland through Asia; Pictures of Siberian, Chinese, and Tartar Life I have swashed about in the sea; I have been perfectly idle, at least inarticulate; I fancy I feel myself considerably sounder of body and of mind. The Correspondence of Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1834-1872, Vol. I Her voice arose sweetly above the swash of the waves, reciting Scripture, pouring forth prayer, and singing Psalms. Sketches of the Covenanters The morning had been cold and frosty, but rain came on later, a thick, heavy deluge, which swished and swashed everything from its path as one toiled painfully up those slippery paths, made almost unnegotiable. Across China on Foot The great roll of the sea struck the foot of the cliffs rather slowly, as if performing some solemn function, and the swash of the returning water was like some strange dirge. Sweetapple Cove Loud breathing in cabin; water swashing on rocks along the beach; very picturesque, but no moon yet; voice in the distance says "Halloa!" In the Footprints of the Padres And I pointed to the main deck, upon which the sea rolled and swashed in little foamy waves through the side ports, which were now below the heave of the swell. Mr. Trunnell, Mate of the Ship "Pirate" The first night in port was strangely calm, peaceful, and quiet, accustomed as we had become to the rolling, pitching, and creaking of the vessel, the swash of water, and the whistling of the wind. Tent Life in Siberia He complained bitterly of ill-health and of water around his heart, which he said at times he could hear and feel "swashing about." Preliminary Report of the Commission Appointed by the University of Pennsylvania to Investigate Modern Spiritualism In Accordance with the Request of the Late Henry Seybert In rather less than half a twinkling Thy lofty air and high Olympian gaze Have taught me that of which I had no inkling Throughout my swashing military days. Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 156, April 16, 1919 A belated steamboat was swashing down stream, and a schooner, having but little of wind and less of tide to help it along, was rocking listlessly in the long swell. Virginia: the Old Dominion This scow heaved up and down with the motion of the rolling waters; the tight ropes grated; the water swashed melodiously. The Nine-Tenths To-morrow morning we shall not hear that swashing, scaring sound directly overhead on the wet deck, which has so often murdered our slumbers. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 07, No. 40, February, 1861 Occasional fragments of seas swashed into the cockpit or dashed aft over the cabin, and Joe was stationed at the small pump to keep the well dry. The Cruise of the Dazzler Not knowing the region, they stumbled about among the rocks, and scarcely knew when they neared the surf, except when a wave came swashing round their very feet. Malbone: an Oldport Romance She sounded almost atop of us, and the whistling was followed by a swashing of water as though her propeller had been reversed. Virginia: the Old Dominion Swash, splash, scrub, rub, toothbrush, bubble, swash, splash, bubble, toothbrush, splash, splash, bubble, rub. The Uncommercial Traveller It was here, standing on the pier, amid the swash and swirl of surging waters, that the pilot seized Carina's tiny hand in his big and rough one. Boyhood in Norway A few squares of the guard, standing motionless in the swash of the rout, like rocks in running water, held out till night. Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 01 The rain was pelting and rattling upon the leathern top of the carriage, and the wheels swashed as they rolled through puddle and mud. Tales of Terror and Mystery Modestine herself was in high spirits, and broke of her own accord, for the first time in my experience, into a jolting trot that set the oats swashing in the pocket of my coat. Travels with a Donkey in the Cevennes I'll take the swash on the right that goes through the big marsh and comes out at the Devil's Elbow. The Fifth String The rain was pelting and rattling upon the leathern top of the carriage and the wheels swashed as they rolled through puddle and mud. Round the Red Lamp The song went to a rough, swashing, popular air; and long after the words became inaudible the swing of the music, rising and falling, echoed insult in the Prince’s brain. Prince Otto, a Romance Going ashore, we find few long reaches of sand where one may saunter, or meadows, save the brown and purple meadows of the sea, overgrown with slippery kelp, swashed and swirled in the restless breakers. Steep Trails California, Utah, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, the Grand Canyon Kala Nag swashed out of the water, blew his trunk clear, and began another climb. The Jungle Book There was a swash of foam, and she was gone. The Cruise of the Dry Dock All day it was splashing and swashing through mud and mire, the rain-drops shining on the gun-barrels and dripping from the heavy-footed horses. Micah Clarke His Statement as made to his three grandchildren Joseph, Gervas and Reuben During the Hard Winter of 1734 No sound was heard, save the low, tremulous swash of the sleet outside, or the death-rattle in the throat of the bath-tub. Remarks Even in Grave V. at Mycenae, we have a sword blade so massive at the top that it was certainly capable of a swashing blow. Homer and His Age The battle of the voices rose above the swash of the waves, above, also, another sound, as incessant as the women's chatter and the swish of the water as it hissed along the mud-flat's edges. In and out of Three Normady Inns And the long waves of Time must swash up agin the shores of Eternity, before the good it has done can be estimated. Samantha on the Woman Question Stern heard her breath, gasping and quick, above the roar and swash of the mad waters. Darkness and Dawn He was a good hater, as all warm- hearted men are; and when his blood was up, he could, like Diggory, "remember his swashing blow." Horace There was cold sea- water swashing to and fro in the boat, and he lay in it. Men, Women, and Boats I am almost ashamed when I think what a swashing time a romantic novelist, or a person of real imagination would have been having in London when so little was happening to me. London Films It was bump, bump, bang, and swash; swash, bang, and bump; now up, now down, now all on one side, now all on the other. A Trip to Manitoba The swash and patter of the rain against the windows, and the moaning of the trees on the lawn, made a dreary accompaniment to his melancholy musings. A Daughter of Fife Well I started in a gig, in a swashing rain, which continued off and on for a good while. Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy The very ripples in the stream are still, Save now and then a low and gentle swash, All which doth try me sore against my will— So hot! Cap and Gown A Treasury of College Verse And yore swashing through that girl's gyarden was a heap unnecessary. The Heart of the Range Behind him lay, not a great, but a little, city; hardly more than a big town; before him a few vessels of moderate tonnage placidly plied the main or swash channels. A Man and His Money The hurricane had come by night, and with one fell swash had made an irretrievable sop of every thing. Old Creole Days With a martial cry he sprang towards her, and upraised his weapon for a swashing blow. The Twilight of the Gods, and Other Tales Be like a lighthouse that illumines and beautifies the snarling, swashing waves of the storm that threaten it, that seek to undermine it and seek to wash over it. The Majesty of Calmness; individual problems and posibilities He could not wonder that he had failed to guess the cause of the intermittent swash which reached him through the woods. The Lost Trail By-and-by she hit bottom, and keeled over against a bunch of old fruit trees on the bank of the river, and lay still, or only swayed a little, the water swashing in her hold. The Belted Seas Along the whole front of the garden, so perfectly a poet's ideal, stretched a landing defended from the incessant swash of the bay by a stone revetment. The Prince of India — Volume 01 Not a sound was to be heard save the distant thunder of bursting icebergs and the water swashing up against the field-ice that now and then passed with the current. Schwatka's Search Not rain, but spray from huge, swashing billows, clouded the decks, biting and cutting like countless needles, each drop with the sting of a hornet behind it. The Prince of Graustark But these are chance strokes; and they are dealt, as the whole attack is conceived, in the worst style of the professional swash- buckler. English literary criticism When contracted, the pinnules are pressed against the arms, and the arms themselves shut against one another, so that the whole looks like a swash made up of a few long, coarse twines. Louis Agassiz: His Life and Correspondence And then the blackness of night, the swash of gusts of rain overhead, and the moan of the wind. The One Woman Only the creak of the swaying yard, the hoarse swash of the water, the panting of deep breathing broke the silence, then once more from the lofty prow came the commanding voice. The Iron Star — and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages It was for no lucre of gain I took you and your swash- buckler, your Don Diego yonder, under my poor roof. The Fortunes of Nigel Swish, swash—there go your fields and your stone bridge. The Guest of Quesnay Here, in these secluded nooks, I found security from the steamer's swash. Four Months in a Sneak-Box The hurricane had come by night, and with one fell swash had made an irretrievable sop of everything. Short Stories for English Courses The swash brought swiftly to mind the days of his youth when his life was all before him, and his kingdom was the length of his deck. The Iron Star — and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages Soon the swash and flow of light flooding the street and sidewalks shines the clearer. Felix O'Day I could hear the men washing down one of the cars, the swash of water, and, best of all, the low-toned, gruff gossip. Guy Garrick "Ain't ye afeard some steamboat will swash the life out of her?" Four Months in a Sneak-Box First one, then the other, these thoughts swashed back and forth like the swinging tides. Our Mr. Wrenn, the Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man Only on one shoulder lay a thin shadow when the light was right, clearly the score of a swashing blow yet too shallow to be called a scar. The Iron Star — and what It saw on Its Journey through the Ages Something inside swashed against the sides as it turned. Mr. Achilles Up come the carpets, topsyturvy goes the furniture, and swash! goes the water from garret to cellar. Trials and Confessions of a Housekeeper Tod having his high, waterproof boots on, tramped along the edge of the incoming surf, the half-circles of suds swashing past his feet and spreading themselves up the slope. Tides of Barnegat Where a precipice descends sheer into deep water, waves swash up and down the face of the rocks but cannot break and strike effective blows. The Elements of Geology In a squall, the water fairly poured down in sheets like a cascade, swashing about, and afterward spirting up between the chests like the jets of a fountain. Omoo We will have a swashing and a martial outside. Herb of Grace Anne felt the presence of the swashing Festus, and stopped her reading. The Trumpet-Major Roxy's voice came up from the cellar singing "Bounding Billows," with a swashing and scrubbing accompaniment which suggested that she was actually enjoying a "life on the ocean wave." Jack and Jill The feeble "swash" that answered the shake was not reassuring. Thankful's Inheritance The cabin floor had been torn up to get at the ballast, and rusty bilge-water swashed and splashed. The Cruise of the Snark It was a dreary enough day, no sun, with occasional splatters of rain and a persistent crash of seas over the weather rail and swash of water across the deck. The Mutiny of the Elsinore It swashes everywhere, but to deluge, not to benefit. Gala-days Another and another follows with a swash and a suck and a savage bubbling of relieved pressures. Actions and Reactions Human Nature, if it be in a terrified and imperilled state, with the sword of this fellow swashing round it, calls him "Infamous," and a Monster of Chaos. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 21 A flurried Court, that of Gotha, and much swashing of French plumes through it, all this morning, since Seidlitz had to flit. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 Putting a fury of strength into the effort, Hollingsworth heaved amain, and up came a white swash to the surface of the river. The Blithedale Romance Now," says he, "my lad, you are well cleaned out; you haven't got a drop of your 'long-shore swash aboard of you. Two Years Before the Mast Draw, if you be men.—Gregory, remember thy swashing blow. Romeo and Juliet The next wave threw their bodies back upon the deck, where they remained, swashing backward and forward, ghastly objects to the almost perishing survivors. Astoria, or, anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains Dinner, up in the Schloss, is just being taken from the spit, and the swashing at its height, when—'Hah what is that, though?' and all plumes pause. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 So when he sailed in to the attack, and delivered his "swashing blow," the report of the gun was immediately heard, proving conclusively that a successful stroke had been made. The Cruise of the Cachalot Round the World After Sperm Whales Captains of horse and foot go swashing with 'enormous white cockades;' nay one Versailles National Captain had mounted the like, so witching were the words and glances; and laid aside his tricolor! The French Revolution The felucca went on, the boat continued stationary, rocked only by the swashing waves. Twenty Years After The strong wind and swashing seas being in my favor, the canoe soon arrived opposite the spot of upland I had so longed to reach the previous night. Voyage of the Paper Canoe; a geographical journey of 2500 miles, from Quebec to the Gulf of Mexico, during the years 1874-5 A saying of Excellency Mitchell's to Gottsched—for Gottsched, on that second Leipzig opportunity, went swashing about among the King's Suite as well—is still remembered. History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 18 The bow plunged down, just missing me and sending a swash of water clear over my head. The Sea Wolf So the tricolor Cockades had fluttered and swashed only some three months on the Creole hat, when Oge's signal-conflagrations went aloft; with the voice of rage and terror. The French Revolution Which sure trump-card, Royalty, as we see, keeps ever and anon clutching at, grasping; and swashes it forth tentatively; yet never tables it, still puts it back again. The French Revolution Your dusty Mill of Valmy, as all other mills and drudgeries, may furl its canvass, and cease swashing and circling. The French Revolution |
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