Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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.

         Far below him plashed the waters.        --Longfellow.

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.

Plashing \Plash"ing\, n.
   1. The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of
      small trees, as in hedges.

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