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braided cord of a whip, with which the blow is given. I observed that your whip wanted a lash to it. Addison.

One who whips or lashes.

The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement. South. Lashing out, a striking out; also, extravagance.

The distance through which one part of connected machinery, as a wheel, piston, or screw, can be moved without moving the connected parts, resulting from looseness in fitting or from wear; also, the jarring or reflex motion caused in badly fitting machinery by irregularities in velocity or a reverse of motion.…

front, so that it can be used as either an open or a close carriage. The baroness in a calash capable of holding herself, her two children, and her servants. W. Irving.

ary direction; to come onto collision; to interfere. However some of his interests might clash with those of the chief adjacent colony. Palfrey.

A change-speed gear in which the gears are changed by sliding endwise.

With clashing.

The fringe of hair that edges the eyelid; -- usually in the pl.

A European marine fish (Cottus bubalis), allied to the sculpin; -- called also lucky proach.

st or break forth with a sudden and transient flood of flame and light; as, the lighting flashes vividly; the powder flashed.

arly red hot so that the water as it trickles drop by drop into the tubes is immediately flashed into steam and superheated.

A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark.

A board placed temporarily upon a milldam, to raise the water in the pond above its usual level; a flushboard. [U.S.]

One who, or that which, flashes.

In a flashy manner; with empty show.

The quality of being flashy.

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 po…

zling for a moment; making a momentary show of brilliancy; transitorily bright. A little flashy and transient pleasure. Barrow.

The fresh-water drumfish (Haploidonotus grunniens).