PLASHING

Verb

plashing

present participle of plash

Noun

plashing (plural plashings)

A sound that plashes, as of water.

The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges.

The dashing or sprinkling of colouring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc.

Source: Wiktionary


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.

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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