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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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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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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Flushing, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
   Population (2000):    900
   Housing Units (2000): 434
   Land area (2000):     0.603604 sq. miles (1.563328 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    0.603604 sq. miles (1.563328 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            27552
   Located within:       Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
   Location:             40.148543 N, 81.065320 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     43977
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Flushing, OH
    Flushing

Flushing, MI -- U.S. city in Michigan
   Population (2000):    8348
   Housing Units (2000): 3558
   Land area (2000):     4.310458 sq. miles (11.164035 sq. km)
   Water area (2000):    0.036358 sq. miles (0.094166 sq. km)
   Total area (2000):    4.346816 sq. miles (11.258201 sq. km)
   FIPS code:            29200
   Located within:       Michigan (MI), FIPS 26
   Location:             43.064327 N, 83.845331 W
   ZIP Codes (1990):     48433
   Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
   Headwords:
    Flushing, MI
    Flushing