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† a-ˈswash, advb. phr. Obs.
Also 6 a sosshe, a shosshe.
[Derivation of swash, sosh, unknown; a- is evidently the prep., as in aslant, across, etc.]
1. Slantingly, obliquely, crosswise, aslant.
1530Palsgr. 831 A sosshe as one weareth his bonnet, a gyngoys. 1575Turberv. Falconrie 277 You must cut it off..a slope, and (as they say) aswashe. 1611Cotgr. s.v. Chamarre..Worne aswash, or skarfewise.
2. With scorn, contemptuously. Cf. askance adv. 2.
1530Palsgr. 614 Se how she loketh ashosshe, or aswasshe, is she nat a prowde dame. 1611Cotgr., De guingois..huffingly, swaggeringly, aswash. |