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plashy
▪ I. plashy, a.1 (ˈplæʃɪ) [f. plash n.1 + -y. So LG. plassig swampy.] Abounding in shallow pools or puddles; marshy, swampy, boggy; wet and sloppy; full of plashes of rain.a 1552 Leland Itin. II. 37, 3. litle Bridges of Wood, wher under wer plaschy Pittes of Water of the overflowing of Tame Ryver. 1... Oxford English Dictionary
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Vole (magazine)
quotation from the fictitious nature column written by William Boot, the protagonist of Evelyn Waugh's novel Scoop (1938) – "Feather-footed through the plashy wikipedia.org
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plashily
plashily, adv. rare. (ˈplæʃɪlɪ) [f. plashy a.2 + -ly2.] With a plashing noise.1926 R. Macaulay Crewe Train iii. i. 240 Going away, going away, going away. The waves plashily said it over. Oxford English Dictionary
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William Boot
His affected style is typified in the notorious sentence "Feather-footed through the plashy fen passes the questing vole". wikipedia.org
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splashy
▪ I. ˈsplashy, a.1 [Alteration of plashy a.1 Cf. splash n.2] Full of shallow pools or puddles; wet and soft.1727 Bailey (vol. II.), Splashy, washy, wet, watery. 1742 Richardson De Foe's Tour Gt. Brit. II. 34 Not far from hence is Sedgmore, a watry, splashy Place. 1821 Clare Vill. Minstr. II. 185 Win... Oxford English Dictionary
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Pleshey
With all good speed at Plashy [sic] visit me. wikipedia.org
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stifled
stifled, ppl. a. (ˈstaɪf(ə)ld) [f. stifle v.1 + -ed1.] † 1. Strangled. Obs.1562 Cooper Answ. Def. Truth iii. 9 b, To make men forbeare stifled meates. 2. In the ordinary senses of the verb: Suffocated, smothered, suppressed, etc.a 1643 W. Cartwright To Lydia iii. Poems (1651) 243, I hate a secret st... Oxford English Dictionary
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plashful
† ˈplashful, a. Obs. rare—1. [f. plash n.1 or n.2 + -ful.] Plashy, splashy.1638–48 G. Daniel Eclog. v. 132 To which our notes Would sound more harsh then plash-full marish throats. Oxford English Dictionary
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Thomas of Woodstock (play)
Tresilian Master Ignorance, the Baily of Dunstable A Farmer A Butcher Cowtail, a grazier A Schoolmaster A Serving-man A Whistler A Servant at Plashy wikipedia.org
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uncurled
unˈcurled, ppl. a. [un-1 8, or f. prec.] 1. Of hair: Not formed into, or growing in, curls or ringlets; out of curl.1596 Spenser F.Q. iv. vii. 40 His faire lockes..He let to grow and griesly to concrew, Vncomb'd, vncurl'd, and carelesly vnshed. 1611 L. Barry Ram Alley ii. i, Thy head, Which is with ... Oxford English Dictionary
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sloppy
sloppy, a. (ˈslɒpɪ) Also 8 (9 dial.) slappy. [f. slop n.2 + -y1.] 1. Of ground, etc.: Very wet and splashy; covered with water or thin mud.1727 Bailey (vol. II), Sloppy,..plashy. 1727 Boyer Dict. Royal, Gacheux,..slabby, slappy, plashy. 1768–74 Tucker Lt. Nat. (1834) I. 207 Notwithstanding some trif... Oxford English Dictionary
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peggy
▪ I. peggy, n. (ˈpɛgɪ) [Altered from Meggy, Maggie = Margaret, of which it is a familiar equivalent (cf. Peg n.2); hence in various local and dialectal uses.] 1. A man of feminine habits, a molly, a simpleton.1869 Lonsdale Gloss., Peggy, a simpleton. 2. A local name of various species of the Warbler... Oxford English Dictionary
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spongy
spongy, a. (ˈspʌndʒɪ) Forms: α. 6–9 spungy, 6 -ye, 6–7 -ie. β. 6–7 spongie, 7–9 spongey, 7– spongy. [f. sponge n.1 + -y.] 1. Having a soft elastic or porous texture resembling that of a sponge; deficient in solidity or firmness, so as to be readily compressible: a. Of flesh, animal tissue, etc., som... Oxford English Dictionary
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sheeted
sheeted, ppl. a. (ˈʃiːtɪd) [f. sheet n.1 or v.1] 1. a. Wrapped in a sheet, esp. a winding-sheet: applied to the dead and ghosts.1604 Shakes. Ham. i. i. 115 (Qo. 2) The sheeted dead Did squeake and gibber in the Roman streets. 1630 H. Lord Relig. Persees 50 Shrowded and sheeted carkeyses. 1786 S. Rog... Oxford English Dictionary
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uliginous
uliginous, a. (juːˈlɪdʒɪnəs) [f. as prec., or directly f. L. ūlīgin- + -ous. Cf. F. uligineux (of soil or plants).] 1. Of a watery, slimy, or oozy nature.1576 Newton Lemnie's Complex. ii. iii. 109 b, For it is a certayne vliginous moystishnes and superfluous excrement, which ought rather to be sent ... Oxford English Dictionary
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