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swash 1. a sandbar washed by the waves 2. a channel of moving water cutting through or running behind a sandbank swash [swäsh] (geology) A narrow channel or ground within a sand bank, or between a sand bank and the shore. A bar over which the sea washes. (oceanography) The rush of water up onto the beach following the breaking of a wave. Also known as run-up; uprush. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Kathrin Czerny made an attractive, lightweight Clara-Maria, Croatian Tomislav Petranovic revealed a neat grace as Alexei, and Slovakian Boris Nebyla stylishly buckled all necessary swashes as the wicked Max. Beyond the tracks and the rap however, this CD's cover art drew attention to a whole other kind of mixing: two otherwise mirror-image photos of himself--one in more typical streetwear-donning repose, the other sprouting a shock of azure plumage in a feathered headdress, face painted in a geometric maze of dotted patterns and red and black swashes. Bobby's imaginative monologue appears in an assertive type, the adult's exhortations in broad swashes of bold flowing script that counterpoint Feiffer's exuberantly drawn signature illustrations. |
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