Definition of flashing

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

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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)..
Brand :: Brand (v. t.) A sword, so called from its glittering or flashing brightness..
Sally :: Sally (v.) A flight of fancy, liveliness, wit, or the like; a flashing forth of a quick and active mind..
Flashing :: Flashing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Flas.
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..
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..
Gleamy :: Gleamy (a.) Darting beams of light; casting light in rays; flashing; coruscating.
Flashing :: Flashing (n.) A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass.
Meteoric :: Meteoric (a.) Flashing; brilliant; transient; like a meteor; as, meteoric fame..
Sparkling :: Sparkling (a.) Emitting sparks; glittering; flashing; brilliant; lively; as, sparkling wine; sparkling eyes..
Apron :: Apron (n.) A strip of lead which leads the drip of a wall into a gutter; a flashing.
Emicant :: Emicant (a.) Beaming forth; flashing.
Coruscant :: Coruscant (a.) Glittering in flashes; flashing.
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..
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