"aswish" meaning in English

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Adjective

Etymology: a- + swish Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|a|swish}} a- + swish Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} aswish (not comparable)
  1. Swishing, making a rustling sound while moving. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-aswish-en-adj-xagiSqUl Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with a-

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          "ref": "1922, Walter de la Mare, “The Stranger”, in Down-Adown-Derry,, London: Constable, page 20",
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          "ref": "1961, Janet Frame, Faces in the Water, New York: George Braziller, published 1982, Part 1, Chapter 8, p. 61",
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          "ref": "1994, Kirin Narayan, Love, Stars, and All That, New York: Washington Square Press, Part 2, Chapter 6, p. 230",
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          "ref": "2003, Kerri Sakamoto, chapter 10, in One Hundred Million Hearts, Toronto: Knopf Canada, page 200",
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