How do you spell Flashing
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1) n. - The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.
2) n. - Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting.
3) n. - The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape as it is rotated.
4) n. - A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass.
5) v. t. - To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind.
6) v. t. - To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing , n., 3 (b).
7) n. - To trick up in a showy manner.
8) n. - To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
9) n. - A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.
10) n. - A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.
11) n. - The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.
12) n. - A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors.
13) a. - Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.
14) a. - Wearing showy, counterfeit ornaments; vulgarly pretentious; as, flash people; flash men or women; -- applied especially to thieves, gamblers, and prostitutes that dress in a showy way and wear much cheap jewelry.
15) n. - Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
16) n. - A pool.
17) n. - A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal.
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