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That flares; flaming or blazing unsteadily; shining out with a dazzling light. His [the sun's] flaring beams. Milton.

es; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light. The chariot of paternal Deity, Flashing thick flames. Milton.

A two-handled, convex, blunt-edged knife, for scraping hides; a fleshing knife.

The act of fleshing, or the excitement attending a successful beginning. [R.] Shak.

A polishing block used in marble working; a runner. Knight.

g flour; a dredging box. -- Flour dredge or dredger, a flour box. -- Flour dresser, a mashine for sorting and distributing flour according to grades of fineness. -- Flour mill, a mill for grinding and sifting flour.

A flourishing condition; prosperity; vigor. [Archaic] The Roman monarchy, in her highest flourish, never had the like. Howell.

An inclosed passage way for establishing and directing a current of air, gases, etc.; an air passage; esp.:

A variable quantity, considered as increasing or diminishing; - - called, in the modern calculus, the function or integral.

To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face. The flushing noise of many waters. Boyle. It flushes violently out of the cock. Mortimer.

A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water.

A hook dressed in imitation of a fly, -- used for fishing. "The fur-wrought fly." Gay.

The accomplishing of any purpose violently, precipitately, prematurely, or with unusual expedition.

on is produced directly from the ore, or where iron is rendered malleable by puddling and shingling; a shingling mill.

Nourishing. [Obs.] T. Carew (1633).

The act of founding, fixing, establishing, or beginning to erect.

A lashing binding a thing tightly or binding things together.

Yielding free gold or silver; -- said of certain ores which can be reduced by crushing and amalgamation, without roasting or other chemical treatment. Raymond.

A cool, refreshing state of the air; duskiness; coolness; shade. [R.] Prior.

hade, dark and light, or the like. Banqueting on the turf in the fretwork of shade and sunshine. Macaulay.