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Swatch
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- 1 A brand of relatively inexpensive Swiss analog watches.
- 1 A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.
"He held a swatch of the wallpaper up to see if the colors would match the room."
- 2 A channel or passage of water between sandbanks, or between a sandbank and a seashore. UK
"It muſt be obſerved, that the paſſages, called Cockerlees, are no other than ſwatches through the Long-Sand."
- 3 a sample piece of cloth wordnet
- 4 A selection of such samples bound together.
"“Aisha, access the Pupa's informational color swatches. Okay, royal blue means the Pupa has kennel cough, cornflower blue means one of us just had a sex dream about the other one, navy blue means his Hulu plan is expiring, robin's egg blue means we get a free Xbox, Pacific blue means we all die at midnight!” [all gasp] “We were so close to gettin' that Xbox!”"
- 5 A clump or portion of something. figuratively
"I found myself truly moved by a stage event for the first time in years. I found myself humming tunes that one might not rightfully call tunes. Days later, I still remember these musical phrasings in little swatches of sound."
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- 6 A demonstration, an example, a proof. figuratively
"Pray Sir, pay off the Old Debt, before I truſt you more New. This is a Swatch of Your Faith, and how much You are a Man of Your Word."
- 7 A tag or other small object attached to another item as a means of identifying its owner; a tally; specifically the counterfoil of a tally. Northern-England, obsolete
"ITEM that the said Clerkis of the Brevements entre all the Taillis of the Furniunturs in the Jornall Booke in the Countynghous every day furthwith after the Brede be delyveret to the Pantre and then the Stoke [i.e., main part] of the Taill to by delyveret to the Baker and the Swache to the Pantler. … ITEM that the said Clerkis of the Brevements entre all the Taills of the Brasyantors in the Jornall Booke in the Countynghous at every tyme furthwith after the Bere be delyveret into the Buttry and then the Stoke of the Taill to be delyveret to the Brewar and the Swatche to the Butler."
- 1 To create a swatch, especially a sample of knitted fabric.
"Swatching is important in knitting to obtain the correct gauge."
Etymology
From earlier Northern England dialectal swache (“the counterfoil or counterstock of a tally”) (1512); further etymology unknown. Cognate with Scots swach, swatch. Compare English swath, swathe. Compare also Old English swæcc (“taste; flavour; odour; fragrance”).
From earlier Northern England dialectal swache (“the counterfoil or counterstock of a tally”) (1512); further etymology unknown. Cognate with Scots swach, swatch. Compare English swath, swathe. Compare also Old English swæcc (“taste; flavour; odour; fragrance”).
Unknown; originally used chiefly in the East of England.
From second watch or Swiss watch.
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