splatterdash

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An uproar.

   • Spluttersmash and splatterdash! In the shallow pools they splash, Like two wrestlers closing! Long they fight and twist and turn, But the race is over
   • Gas will have its share of the business going during June next, and without making any splatterdash about supplying at low prices.
   • All the doubtful state forces swelled the anti-Seward splatterdash.
2. 2

   A work (of art, literature, etc.) that gives the appearance of having been created in a…

   A work (of art, literature, etc.) that gives the appearance of having been created in a haphazard, chaotic manner.

   • The absurd splatterdash which the Mage painted while blindfolded had nothing of Thibetan architecture about it, but resembled a ruined castle on the Rhine.
3. 3

   A spangle

   A spangle; a sparkly decoration.

   • The program is a 28-page booklet printed on a cream-colored paper with gold splatterdash, and with a French-fold cover of blue and gold.
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   1. 4

      Alternative form of spatterdash.

      • At least two coats of impermeable render (suitable for plinth work) will be necessary on splatterdash and a galvanised background, additionally reinforced if necessary.
      • In addition, the function of a splatterdash coat, which allows the rendering system to adhere to the fiber cement plate, is fulfilled by coarse sand spread over the surface after having been first coated with an epoxy film.
   2. 5

      Spatterdashes.

      • Here Gabriele was awaiting the arrival of her lover, and hastening to welcome him the moment he alighted from his steed, stood by his side, while the pages removed his sword, spurs, and splatterdashes.
      • Sometimes he also wore splatterdashes, especially if he was on a horse. Splatterdashes were loose leggings that came up to his thigh.
   3. 6

      A warrior.

      • Alas for the splatterdashes! The unmanageable rebels suddenly seemed to be everywhere at once.
   4. 7

      To apply a splatterdash coat.

      • Uncle Samuel's house was an old-fashioned one of rough stone, "splatterdashed" with fine pebbles on the outside.
      • What a cozy little breakfast room — and the wall is so artistically splatterdashed.
      • Many like to splatterdash the floor of a bed or kitchen, and the process is simple to do.
   5. 8

      To affix splatterdashes to.

      • "I could splatterdash it for you," she said. "We used to wear daub-stick cottons when I was a girl, and we thought them pretty fine."
   6. 9

      To splash violently

      To splash violently; to splatter with water and/or mud.

      • “Dat frisky li'l nigger suah will be splatterdashed ef he fall offen dat mule's back !” And indeed it did look bad for the small colored boy.
      • He was turning around and splashing and splatterdashing with intense spizzerinktum —which is the over-mastering will to succeed.

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