plashings
plural of plashing
• Spanglish, splashing
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, 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
8 November 2024
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
Contrary to popular belief, coffee beans are not technically beans. They are referred to as such because of their resemblance to legumes. A coffee bean is a seed of the Coffea plant and the source for coffee. It is the pit inside the red or purple fruit, often referred to as a cherry. Just like ordinary cherries, the coffee fruit is also a so-called stone fruit.
