platchv.

Brit.

/platʃ/, U.S.

/plɑtʃ/, Scottish English

/platʃ/

Forms: 1800s– platch; also Scottish 1900s– platsh (Shetland), 1900s– plotch (Fife); also Irish English 1900s– plotch.

Origin: Apparently an imitative or expressive formation.

Etymology: Apparently ultimately imitative. Compare earlier plash v.² and the Germanic parallels cited at that entry, and also earlier splatch v., splash v.¹, plodge v.Compare German platschen (early 16th cent. or earlier), plätschen (second half of the 16th cent.), and (with frequentative suffix: compare -er suffix⁵) plätschern (second half of the 17th cent. as †platscheren ), all in similar senses. With sense 2 compare plotch n.

Chiefly Scottish.

1. intransitive. To walk through mud or mire. Also in extended use. Chiefly Shetland.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > over soft or wet ground

poach1571

platcha1838

a1838 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. MSS (Adv. 22.1.10) X. 162/2 Plotch, to walk or work among mire.

1886 J. J. H. Burgess Shetland Sketches 107 I sees Geordie comin' platchin' ower da guttery rigs, an' haddin' fur wir 'oos.

1902 J. J. H. Burgess Some Shetland Folk 64 Slavin' oot my life kerryin' muck an' platchin' trouw da gutters o' Norderham.

1958 T. G. Snoddy Green Loanings 60 Plotch in the glar and owre the plew-honds hing.

1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. at Platsh He wis comin platshin up trowe da guttery gaet.

1994 C. De Luca Voes & Sounds 1 Boats couped owre fur kye ta platsh ashore.

2. transitive. To splash or mark with drops of water, etc.; to besmear. Sc. National Dict. at platch v.¹ records this sense as still in use in Shetland and Banffshire in 1966.

ΚΠ

a1838 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. MSS (Adv. 22.1.12) XII. 162/2 Plotch, to splash.

1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 128 Platch, to cover with spots; as, ‘He platch't his face wee ink.’

1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 711 All the mud plotching my boots.

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 236 He platch't the ink owre 'is copy. They platch't 'im wi' glaur.

3. intransitive. Of rain: to fall in heavy drops. Of something soaked with rain: to drip heavily.

ΘΚΠ

the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > fall in scattered drops > large

spot1841

platch1853

1853 J. von Tautphœus Cyrilla I. vi. 79 Heavy drops of rain began to platch into the half-melted snow.

1895 J. B. Webber Rambles 50 The storm couldna hae been mild For when I waken't ower my heid The sheaves were platchin'.

Derivatives

platching adj.

ΚΠ

1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 236 A'm platchin'-wat.

1954 Hawick News 18 June 7 Platchin.

1961 W. Landles Penny Numbers 4 My feet were fairly chorkin' Inside my platchin' shoon.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	platch
释义	platchv. Brit. /platʃ/, U.S. /plɑtʃ/, Scottish English /platʃ/ Forms: 1800s– platch; also Scottish 1900s– platsh (Shetland), 1900s– plotch (Fife); also Irish English 1900s– plotch. Origin: Apparently an imitative or expressive formation. Etymology: Apparently ultimately imitative. Compare earlier plash v.² and the Germanic parallels cited at that entry, and also earlier splatch v., splash v.¹, plodge v.Compare German platschen (early 16th cent. or earlier), plätschen (second half of the 16th cent.), and (with frequentative suffix: compare -er suffix⁵) plätschern (second half of the 17th cent. as †platscheren ), all in similar senses. With sense 2 compare plotch n. Chiefly Scottish. 1. intransitive. To walk through mud or mire. Also in extended use. Chiefly Shetland. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > over soft or wet ground poach1571 platcha1838 a1838 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. MSS (Adv. 22.1.10) X. 162/2 Plotch, to walk or work among mire. 1886 J. J. H. Burgess Shetland Sketches 107 I sees Geordie comin' platchin' ower da guttery rigs, an' haddin' fur wir 'oos. 1902 J. J. H. Burgess Some Shetland Folk 64 Slavin' oot my life kerryin' muck an' platchin' trouw da gutters o' Norderham. 1958 T. G. Snoddy Green Loanings 60 Plotch in the glar and owre the plew-honds hing. 1979 J. J. Graham Shetland Dict. at Platsh He wis comin platshin up trowe da guttery gaet. 1994 C. De Luca Voes & Sounds 1 Boats couped owre fur kye ta platsh ashore. 2. transitive. To splash or mark with drops of water, etc.; to besmear. Sc. National Dict. at platch v.¹ records this sense as still in use in Shetland and Banffshire in 1966. ΚΠ a1838 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. MSS (Adv. 22.1.12) XII. 162/2 Plotch, to splash. 1866 W. Gregor Dial. Banffshire (Philol. Soc.) 128 Platch, to cover with spots; as, ‘He platch't his face wee ink.’ 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses iii. xviii. [Penelope] 711 All the mud plotching my boots. 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 236 He platch't the ink owre 'is copy. They platch't 'im wi' glaur. 3. intransitive. Of rain: to fall in heavy drops. Of something soaked with rain: to drip heavily. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > precipitation or atmospheric moisture > rain > rain falls [verb (intransitive)] > fall in scattered drops > large spot1841 platch1853 1853 J. von Tautphœus Cyrilla I. vi. 79 Heavy drops of rain began to platch into the half-melted snow. 1895 J. B. Webber Rambles 50 The storm couldna hae been mild For when I waken't ower my heid The sheaves were platchin'. Derivatives platching adj. ΚΠ 1923 G. Watson Roxburghshire Word-bk. 236 A'm platchin'-wat. 1954 Hawick News 18 June 7 Platchin. 1961 W. Landles Penny Numbers 4 My feet were fairly chorkin' Inside my platchin' shoon. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.a1838
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