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 ]