blash

== English == === Etymology === Unclear. Perhaps ultimately imitative; compare plash, pash (“heavy rain”), dialectal clash (“heavy rain”). === Noun === blash (plural blashes) (Scotland, Northern England) A heavy fall of rain. For quotations using this term, see Citations:blash. ==== Derived terms ==== === Verb === blash (third-person singular simple present blashes, present participle blashing, simple past and past participle blashed) (Scotland, Northern England, of rain) To pour heavily. === References === Joseph Wright, editor (1898), “BLASH”, in The English Dialect Dictionary: […], volume I (A–C), London: Henry Frowde, […], publisher to the English Dialect Society, […]; New York, N.Y.: G[eorge] P[almer] Putnam’s Sons, →OCLC. == Scots == === Alternative forms === blashac === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈblɑʃ/ (Southern Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈblɑːʃ/ === Noun === blash (onomatopoeia) a splash of liquid or semi-liquid (meteorological) hard rainfall, sleet, or hail === Verb === blash (transitive) to splash (meteorological) (Of rain, sleet, hail): to pour heavily, to batter against something === Derived terms === blashy or blashie