The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flash \Flash\ (fl[a^]sh), v. t.
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To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.
The chariot of paternal Deity, Flashing thick flames.
--Milton. 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.
(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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To trick up in a showy manner.
Limning and flashing it with various dyes.
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[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.]
He rudely flashed the waves about.
--Spenser.Flashed glass. See Flashing, n., 3.