*plash*

n. The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ OD. plasch. See Plash, v. ] 1. A small pool of standing water; a puddle. Bacon. “These shallow plashes.” Barrow. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A dash of water; a splash. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. [ imp. & p. p. Plashed p. pr. & vb. n. Plashing. ] [ Cf. D. plassen, G. platschen. Cf. Splash. ] To dabble in water; to splash. “Plashing among bedded pebbles.” Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

Far below him plashed the waters. Longfellow. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. 1. To splash, as water. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To splash or sprinkle with coloring matter; as, to plash a wall in imitation of granite. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Plashed p. pr. & vb. n. Plashing. ] [ OF. plaissier, plessier, to bend. Cf. Pleach. ] To cut partly, or to bend and intertwine the branches of; as, to plash a hedge. Evelyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Plash + -et. ] A small pond or pool; a puddle. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A hedge or fence formed of branches of trees interlaced, or plashed. [ Obs. ] Carew. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. [ From 1st Plash. ] 1. Watery; abounding with puddles; splashy. “Plashy fens.” Milton. “The plashy earth.” Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Specked, as if plashed with color. Keats. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Splashed p. pr. & vb. n. Splashing. ] [ Akin to plash. ] 1. To strike and dash about, as water, mud, etc.; to plash. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To spatter water, mud, etc., upon; to wet. [ 1913 Webster ]

v. i. To strike and dash about water, mud, etc.; to dash in such a way as to spatter. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. Water, or water and dirt, thrown upon anything, or thrown from a puddle or the like; also, a spot or daub, as of matter which wets or disfigures. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. A noise made by striking upon or in a liquid. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A guard in the front part of vehicle, to prevent splashing by a mud or water from the horse's heels; -- in the United States commonly called dashboard. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. One who, or that which, splashes. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. One of the guarde over the wheels, as of a carriage, locomotive, etc. Weale. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. A guard to keep off splashes from anything. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Full of dirty water; wet and muddy, so as be easily splashed about; slushy. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Bad small beer; also, the refuse or dregs of liquor. [ Obs. or Prov. Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

The taplash of strong ale and wine. Taylor (1630). [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The lash of a whip, -- usually made of thongs of leather, or of cords, braided or twisted. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. a sudden change of direction, resembling the motion of the tip of a whip when it is cracked. [ PJC ]

3. a stinging psychological effect reminiscent of being stung by a whip. [ PJC ]

4. a whiplash injury. [ PJC ]