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 guingvis … huffingly, swaggeringly, aswash.
