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Flash
Webster's Dictionary
or (1):
(v. t.) To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.
(2):
(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.
(3):
(n.) Slang or cant of thieves and prostitutes.
(4):
(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.
(5):
(a.) Showy, but counterfeit; cheap, pretentious, and vulgar; as, flash jewelry; flash finery.
(6):
(n.) A preparation of capsicum, burnt sugar, etc., for coloring and giving a fictious strength to liquors.
(7):
(n.) The time during which a flash is visible; an instant; a very brief period.
(8):
(n.) A sudden and brilliant burst, as of wit or genius; a momentary brightness or show.
(9):
(n.) A sudden burst of light; a flood of light instantaneously appearing and disappearing; a momentary blaze; as, a flash of lightning.
(10):
(n.) To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
(11):
(n.) To trick up in a showy manner.
(12):
(v. t.) To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b).
(13):
(n.) A pool.
(14):
(v. i.) To burst forth like a sudden flame; to break out violently; to rush hastily.
(15):
(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.
(16):
(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.
(17):
(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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Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Flash'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/web/f/flash.html. 1828.
