Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Plash"
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) 1.7 (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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