Flashing

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  • noun. Sheet metal used to reinforce and weatherproof the joints and angles of a roof.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of creating an artificial flood in a conduit or stream, as in a sewer for cleansing it, or at shallows in a river by penning up the water either in the river itself or in side reservoirs. See flushing.
  • noun. In electricity, on commutators of direct-current dynamo-electric machines, the carrying of a spark from one brush to another, when it appears as a flash encircling the commutator-surface.
  • noun. In glass-making: The reheating of partially formed glassware in a flashing-furnace to restore the plastic condition, and to smooth rough edges.
  • noun. The act or process of heating a globe of blown glass, and giving it a rapid rotary motion, so that the opening already made in it will widen till the globe flashes suddenly into a flat disk.
  • noun. A mode of coating a globe of hot colorless glass with a film of colored glass, usually red, and blowing them together until they flash into a disk.
  • noun. In architecture, pieces of lead, zinc, or other metal, used to protect the joining when a roof comes in contact with a wall, or when a chimney-shaft or other object comes through a roof, and the like.
  • noun. In the manufacture of incandescent lamps, the operation of raising the carbon filament to incandescence in an atmosphere of coal-gas, for the purpose of hardening and smoothing the carbons, and equalizing their resistance.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass.
  • noun. 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° 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. Components used to weatherproof or seal roof system edges at perimeters, penetrations, walls, expansion joints, valleys, drains and other places where the roof covering is interrupted or terminated.
  • noun. The process of getting rid of gaps on shelves by bringing products from the back of the shelf to the front to create a 'fuller' shelf.
  • noun. The blinking of a light source, such as a light bulb or computer's cursor.
  • noun. The exposing of one's naked body, or part of it, in public briefly (the action of the verb to flash).
  • verb. Present participle of flash.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. sheet metal shaped and attached to a roof for strength and weatherproofing
  • noun. a short vivid experience
  • Word Usage
    "I now know that the audience is seeing my name flashing up in big Tron letters on the video wall as wide as the stage."
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