Definition of Splatch

1. to splotch [v -ED, -ING, -ES] - See also: splotch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Splatch

splashiness
splashinesses
splashing
splashings
splashout
splashproof
splasht
splashy
splat
splat book
splat books
splat mat
splat mats
splatbook
splatbooks
splatch (current term)
splatched
splatches
splats
splatted
splatter
splatterday
splattered
splatterer
splatterers
splatterfest
splatterfests
splattering
splatterings
splatterproof

Literary usage of Splatch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language: To which is Prefixed, a by John Jamieson (1879)
"Any thing so broad or full as to exhibit an awkward or clumsy appearance; as, "What a great splatch of a seal there's on that letter I" To SPLATTER, ..."

2. Great Short Stories: A New Collection of Famous Examples from the by William Patten, Broughton Brandenburg, P.F. Collier & Son Corporation (1906)
"He saw a white splatch, the face of the corpse; in this white splatch flamed two burning eyes, the eyes of the soul of the brother whom he had slain. ..."

3. A Terrible Temptation: A Story of To-day by Charles Reade (1871)
"... is just like Christians, it will make for sunny spots. Highmore has got a many of them there, with good cover, and so we breeds for him. As for splatch- ..."

4. The Laughing Philosopher: Being the Entire Works of Momus, Jester of Olympus by John Bull, Thomas Hood, Charles Lamb (1825)
"Red splatch d'ye call't ?—'tis the Red Sea.'*' •• Tbe devil it is!—well, that mny be; Then where are Pharaoh and bis host? ..."

5. A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: Supplement by John Jamieson (1825)
"To splatch, va To bedaub, to splash, S. corr. from the E. word, or from Teut. pleis-en, manu quatere, with * prefixed ; in the same manner as E. splash has ..."

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