splatchn.
/splatʃ/, U.S. /splætʃ/, Scottish English /splatʃ/ Now Scottish and U.S.
A large or solid splash or spatter of mud, etc.; a large or glaring patch of colour.
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the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > dirtiness > dirt > soiled condition > [noun] > splashing or spattering with wet substance > splash or spatter of wet substance
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1665 R. Hooke Micrographia 3 A great splatch of London dirt.
1671 S. Skinner & T. Henshaw Etymologicon Linguæ Anglicanæ Splatch of dirt.
1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. (at cited word) A splatch o' dirt, a clot of mud thrown up in walking or otherwise.
1872 W. Black Strange Adventures Phaeton xiii. 186 Behind us Kidderminster looked like a dusky red splatch in a plain of green.
1891 Columbus (Ohio) Dispatch 20 Aug. Masses of ancient trees, through which splatches of color from thatch, tile or gable, hint of quiet village homes.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
splatchv.
Scottish and U.S.
transitive. To mark or diversify with, or as with, large splashes.
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the world > matter > colour > variegation > patch of colour > mark with patches [verb (transitive)] > splash with colour
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1825 J. Jamieson Etymol. Dict. Sc. Lang. Suppl. To splatch, to bedaub, to splash.
1893 Fitchburg (Mass.) Daily Sentinel 9 Dec. 4/3 From a distance nothing could be distinguished but a low wide hut at the side of a gentle ravine,.. splatched with bits of verdure.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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