plash

Definitions

1. 1.A dash of water; a splash.
2. 2.To dabble in water; to splash. "Plashing among bedded pebbles." Keats. Far below him plashed the waters. Longfellow.
3. 3.To splash, as water.
4. 4.To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite.
5. 5.To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge. Evelyn.
6. 6.The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches.

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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• What is to dabble in water; to splash. "Plashing among bedded pebbles." Keats. Far below him plashed the waters. Longfellow called?
• What is to splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite called?
• What is to cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge. Evelyn called?
• What is the branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches called?