platch, v. Chiefly dial.
[prob. onomatopœic.]
1. intr. To fall in large wet spots.
| 1853 J. von Tautphœus Cyrilla I. vi. 79 Heavy drops of rain began to platch into the half-melted snow. |
2. trans. To besmear or splash with large wet spots.
| 1903 in Eng. Dial. Dict. |