† 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.
| 1530 Palsgr. 831 A sosshe as one weareth his bonnet, a gyngoys. 1575 Turberv. Falconrie 277 You must cut it off..a slope, and (as they say) aswashe. 1611 Cotgr. s.v. Chamarre..Worne aswash, or skarfewise. |
2. With scorn, contemptuously. Cf. askance adv. 2.
| 1530 Palsgr. 614 Se how she loketh ashosshe, or aswasshe, is she nat a prowde dame. 1611 Cotgr., De guingois..huffingly, swaggeringly, aswash. |