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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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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.

 

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Plash, n.

The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches.

 

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