In secret shallow bays the young broods are Plashing about, learning to swim and dive and hide in safety.
"Ways of Wood Folk"
William J. Long
After the meal there was a small dance, and about midnight, after waltzing with a pretty girl, the daughter of the Baron von Heintze-Weissenrode, we strolled together into the fine winter garden with its high palms, its Plashing fountains, and its cunningly-secreted electric lights.
"The Secrets of Potsdam"
William Le Queux
In the midst of this quiet play there came a faint ripple and splash of water, and the little coons dropped their plaything and stood listening, eyes all bright behind their dark goggles, noses wiggling, and ears cocked at the Plashing on the pond shore.
"A Little Brother to the Bear and other Animal Stories"
William Long