Plashing

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plash \Plash\, 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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plashing \Plash"ing\, n.
     1. The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of
        small trees, as in hedges.
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     2. The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls
        of buildings, to imitate granite, etc.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Plash \Plash\, 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.
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           Far below him plashed the waters.        --Longfellow.
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