plash
[verb]
Synonyms: splash, douse, slop, slosh, spatter, splatter, splosh, splurge, spurtle, swash

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plash verb². [plaʃ] M16.
[Imit.: rel. to PLASH noun³. Cf. Middle & mod. Low German plaschen, Middle & mod. Dutch plassen, PLASH noun¹, SPLASH verb¹.]
1. verb trans. Strike or stir up the surface of (water or other liquid). M16.
b. Dash with breaking water or other liquid so as to wet. L16.

2. verb intrans. Move, tumble, strike, or be struck with a (gentle) splashing sound. M17.
■ J. Buchan The echo of a plashing stream descended the steeps.

■ plashing noun² the action of the verb; the sound of dashing or falling water M16.

■ plashingly adverb with plashing L19.

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plash noun¹. [plaʃ] Also (dial.) plosh [plɒʃ].
[Old English plæsć corresp. to Middle Dutch plasch pool, of imit. origin. Cf. PLASH verb².]
A shallow piece of standing water, a marshy pool, a puddle; marsh, mire.

■ plashet noun (now dial.) a little plash or marshy pool L16.

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plash noun². [plaʃ] obsolete exc. dial. LME.
[Prob. from PLASH verb¹.]
A plashed branch, bush, or thicket.

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plash noun³ & adverb. [plaʃ] Also plosh [plɒʃ]. E16.
[Prob. from PLASH verb².]
A. noun. The sound produced by water or other liquid striking something or being struck; a splash, (gentle) splashing; Scot. & north. a heavy fall of rain. E16.
■ H. James The plash of the oars was the only sound.
b. adverb. With a plash. M19.

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plash verb¹ trans. [plaʃ] L15.
[Old French plassier, plaissier from Proto-Romance from Latin plectere weave, plait. Cf. PLEACH verb, SPLASH verb¹.]
1. Bend down and interweave (stems, branches, and twigs) to form a hedge or fence. L15.
b. Interlace or train (growing branches etc.) in or against a trellis etc.; intertwine, interweave. L16-M18.
c. gen. Bend or break down (a plant etc.). E17-E18.

2. Make or renew (a hedge) by cutting stems partly through, bending them down, and interlacing them with growing branches and twigs. E16.
b. Defend or enclose (esp. a wood) by forming a hedge in this way. L16-L18.

■ plashing noun¹ (a) the action of the verb; (b) a piece of plashed hedge or thicket: L15.

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