English-Thai Dictionary
flashing
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Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FLASHING
ppr. Bursting forth as a flood of light, or of flame and light, or as wit, mirth or joy.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FLASHING
FLASHING Flash "ing, n.
1. (Engineering )
Defn: The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.
2. (Arch. )
Defn: 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.
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. 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 1 º 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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
flashing
flash ing |ˈflaSHiNG ˈflæʃɪŋ | ▶noun a strip of metal used to stop water from penetrating the junction of a roof with another surface: flashings around chimneys | the lead flashing on the roof. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from the earlier synonym flash (of unknown origin ) + -ing 1 .
Oxford Dictionary
flashing
flash |ing |ˈflaʃɪŋ | ▶noun a strip of metal used to stop water penetrating the junction of a roof with another surface: flashings around chimneys | [ mass noun ] : the lead flashing on the roof. ORIGIN late 18th cent.: from the earlier synonym flash (of unknown origin ) + -ing 1 .
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