PLASHES

Verb

plashes

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of plash

Anagrams

• hapless, phasels, shpeals

Source: Wiktionary


PLASH

Plash, n. Etym: [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.

Plash, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Plashed; p. pr. & vb. n. Plashing.] Etym: [Cf. D. plassen, G. platschen. Cf. Splash.]

Definition: To dabble in water; to splash. "Plashing among bedded pebbles." Keats. Far below him plashed the waters. Longfellow.

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.

Plash, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plashed (; p. pr. & vb. n. Plashing.] Etym: [OF. plaissier, plessier, to bend. Cf. Pleach.]

Definition: To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge. Evelyn.

Plash, n.

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

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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