swashy, a.
(ˈswɒʃɪ)
[f. swash n.1 or v. + -y.]
Sloppy, watery. Also fig. ‘watery’, ‘washy’.
| 1796 J. Owen Trav. Europe I. 70 Some part of the track..was piled into heaps of swashy clay. 1803 J. Bunting Let. 23 Sept., in Life (1859) I. x. 182 When I hear such preaching as Mr Jay's, I..wonder that the people should ever like to listen to my poor swashy sermons. 1876 Whitby Gloss., Swashy, wet ground. ‘Swashy stuff’, poor beverage. 1890 Temple Bar Sept. 127 The pavement was swashy with three inches of half-melted snow. |