From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flashing \Flash"ing\, n.
1. (Engineering) The creation of an artificial flood by the
sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also
flushing.
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2. (Arch.) 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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3. (Glass Making)
(a) 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.
(b) A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film
of colored glass. --Knight.
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Flashing point (Chem.), that degree of temperature at which
a volatile oil gives off vapor in sufficient quantity to
burn, or flash, on the approach of a flame, used as a test
of the comparative safety of oils, esp. kerosene; a
flashing point of 100[deg] F. is regarded as a fairly safe
standard. The burning point of the oil is usually from ten
to thirty degree above the flashing point of its vapor.
Usually called flash point.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flush \Flush\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flushed; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flushing.] [Cf. OE. fluschen to fly up, penetrate, F. fluz
a flowing, E. flux, dial. Sw. flossa to blaze, and E. flash;
perh. influenced by blush. [root]84.]
1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes
into the face.
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The flushing noise of many waters. --Boyle.
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It flushes violently out of the cock. --Mortimer.
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2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red;
to blush.
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3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
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In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed. --Milton.
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4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
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Flushing from one spray unto another. --W. Browne.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Flushing \Flush"ing\, n.
1. A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; --
commonly in the ? [Eng.]
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2. (Weaving) A surface formed of floating threads.
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