Word of the Day for Sunday 30th March 2014
Plash\ plash \,
noun;
1. A gentle splash.
2.
A pool or puddle.
verb:
1. To splash gently.
Quotes:
They live, Mr. Mannering, by the shoreside, at Annan, and a mair decent,
orderly couple, with six as fine bairns as ye would wish to see plash in a
saltwater dub…
-- Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering or The Astrologer , 1815
The plash of the fountain fell on his ears and charmed them.
-- Brander Matthews, Studies in Local Color , 1898
Origin:
Plash has been around in English since the 1600's. Though the origins
are unknown, it might be linked to the Middle Dutch plas meaning "pool."
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