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  3  definitions  found 
 
  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.  [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]: 
 
  Plashing  \Plash"ing\,  n. 
  1.  The  cutting  or  bending  and  intertwining  the  branches  of 
  small  trees,  as  in  hedges. 
 
  2.  The  dashing  or  sprinkling  of  coloring  matter  on  the  walls 
  of  buildings,  to  imitate  granite,  etc 




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