[Alteration of PLASH sb.1, probably by association with prec. and next.] A shallow pool.
1760. Hutton, Dial. Storth & Arnside, I. 37 (E.D.D.). A lile splash o’ water o’th bare sand.
1802. Montagu, Ornith. Dict., N 3. The nest … is placed on a tump or dry spot, near a splash or swampy place.
1823. E. Moor, Suffolk Words, Splashes. Shallow accumulations of water from wintry wet, in the low parts of meadows or mashes.
1893. D. Jordan (‘Son of the Marshes’), Forest Tithes, 194. The beautiful grey and white gulls, resting in and around the clear shallow splashes.
