Flash :: Flash (v. i.) To burst or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed..

Flash :: Flash (v. i.) To break forth, as a sudden flood of light; to burst instantly and brightly on the sight; to show a momentary brilliancy; to come or pass like a flash..

Flash :: Flash (v. i.) To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.

Flash :: Flash (v. t.) To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.

Flash :: Flash (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..

Flash :: Flash (v. t.) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b)..

Flash :: Flash (n.) To trick up in a showy manner.

Flash :: Flash (n.) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.

Flash :: Flash (n.) A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning..

Flash :: Flash (n.) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show..

Flash :: Flash (n.) The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.

Flash :: Flash (n.) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors..

Flash :: Flash (a.) Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery..

Flash :: Flash (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..

Flash :: Flash (n.) Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.

Flash :: Flash (n.) A pool.

Flash :: Flash (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..

Flashboard :: Flashboard (n.) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard..

Flashed :: Flashed (imp. & p. p.) of Flas.

Flasher :: Flasher (n.) One who, or that which, flashes..

Flasher :: Flasher (n.) A man of more appearance of wit than reality.

Flasher :: Flasher (n.) A large sparoid fish of the Atlantic coast and all tropical seas (Lobotes Surinamensis).

Flasher :: Flasher (n.) The European red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also flusher.

Flashes :: Flashes (pl. ) of Flas.

Flashily :: Flashily (adv.) In a flashy manner; with empty show.

Flashiness :: Flashiness (n.) The quality of being flashy.

Flashing :: Flashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flas.

Flashing :: Flashing (n.) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.

Flashing :: Flashing (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..

Flashing :: Flashing (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..

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