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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Flash \Flash\ (fl[a^]sh), v. t.
1. To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with
sudden flame or light.
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The chariot of paternal Deity,
Flashing thick flames. --Milton.
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2. 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.
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3. (Glass Making) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of
glass with glass of a different color. See {Flashing}, n.,
3
(b) .
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4. To trick up in a showy manner.
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Limning and flashing it with various dyes. --A.
Brewer.
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5. [Perh. due to confusion between flash of light and plash,
splash.] To strike and throw up large bodies of water from
the surface; to splash. [Obs.]
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He rudely flashed the waves about. --Spenser.
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{Flashed glass}. See {Flashing}, n., 3.
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