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Webster 1913 Edition


Splasher

Splash′er

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Noun.
1.
One who, or that which, splashes.
2.
One of the guarde over the wheels, as of a carriage, locomotive, etc.
Weale.
3.
A guard to keep off splashes from anything.

Definition 2024


splasher

splasher

English

Noun

splasher (plural splashers)

  1. Someone who splashes.
    • (Can we date this quote?), Nell Speed, Molly Brown's Orchard Home:
      They gave her room, all right, especially if her medium happened to be water color, as Judy was a grand splasher and spared neither water nor paint.
  2. (dated) A guard to keep off splashes from anything; especially, one of the guards over the wheels of a carriage, locomotive, etc.
    (Can we find and add a quotation of Weale to this entry?)