Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
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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