Definition of flash

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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..

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Flashboard :: Flashboard (n.) A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard..
Triple-tail :: Triple-tail (n.) An edible fish (Lobotes Surinamensis) found in the warmer parts of all the oceans, and common on the southern and middle coasts of the United States. When living it is silvery gray, and becomes brown or blackish when dead. Its dorsal and anal fins are long, and extend back on each side of the tail. It has large silvery scales which are used in the manufacture of fancy work. Called also, locally, black perch, grouper, and flasher..
Flashily :: Flashily (adv.) In a flashy manner; with empty show.
Flash :: Flash (n.) To trick up in a showy manner.
Twinkle :: Twinkle (n.) A brief flash or gleam, esp. when rapidly repeated..
Flasher :: Flasher (n.) The European red-backed shrike (Lanius collurio); -- called also flusher.
Photopsia :: Photopsia (n.) An affection of the eye, in which the patient perceives luminous rays, flashes, coruscations, etc. See phosphene..
Torch :: Torch (n.) A flashlight.
Dazzlement :: Dazzlement (n.) Dazzling flash, glare, or burst of light..
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 (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flas.
Flashy :: Flashy (a.) Without taste or spirit.
Fulgurate :: Fulgurate (v. i.) To flash as lightning.
Meteoric :: Meteoric (a.) Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame..
Sparkle :: Sparkle (n.) To emit sparks; to throw off ignited or incandescent particles; to shine as if throwing off sparks; to emit flashes of light; to scintillate; to twinkle; as, the blazing wood sparkles; the stars sparkle..
Coruscant :: Coruscant (a.) Glittering in flashes; flashing.
Filleting :: Filleting (n.) The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar, or cement, where flashing is employed in better work..
Gleam :: Gleam (v. t.) To shoot out (flashes of light, etc.)..
Flash :: Flash (n.) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
Flash :: Flash (n.) Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
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