Dictionaries of the Scots Language
Dictionars o the Scots Leid

A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue (up to 1700)

Hide Quotations Hide Etymology

Abbreviations Cite this entry

About this entry:
First published 1983 (DOST Vol. V).
This entry has not been updated since then but may contain minor corrections and revisions.

Plish-plash, n. [Redupl. nonce-form, based on Plasch(e n.] A splashing noise. —?a1648 Polemo-Mid. 17.
Ad terram cecidere grues plish plashque dedere Sol-goosi in pelago