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plash |
6 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plash \Plash\, n. [OD. plasch. See {Plash}, v.] 1. A small pool of standing water; a puddle. --Bacon. ``These shallow plashes.'' --Barrow. 2. A dash of water; a splash. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plash \Plash\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Plashed}; p. pr & vb n. {Plashing}.] [Cf. D. plassen, G. platschen Cf {Splash}.] To dabble in water; to splash. ``Plashing among bedded pebbles.'' --Keats. Far below him plashed the waters. --Longfellow. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plash \Plash\, v. t. 1. To splash, as water. 2. To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as to plash a wall in imitation of granite. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plash \Plash\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Plashed}; p. pr & vb n. {Plashing}.] [OF. plaissier plessier to bend. Cf {Pleach}.] To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of as to plash a hedge. --Evelyn. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Plash \Plash\, n. The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to or intertwined with other branches. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: plash n : the sound like water splashing [syn: {splash}] v 1: interlace the shoots of "pleach a hedge" [syn: {pleach}] 2: dash a liquid upon or against; "The mother splashed the baby's face with water" [syn: {spatter}, {splatter}, {splash}, {splosh}, {swash}]
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