Flash v. t.
1. To send out in flashes; to cause to burst forth with sudden flame or light.
The chariot of paternal Deity,
Flashing thick flames. --Milton.
2. To convey as by a flash; to light up, as by a sudden flame or light; as, to flash a message along the wires; to flash conviction on the mind.
3. Glass Making To cover with a thin layer, as objects of glass with glass of a different color. See Flashing, n., 3 (b).
4. To trick up in a showy manner.
Limning and flashing it with various dyes. --A. Brewer.
5. To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash. [Obs.]
He rudely flashed the waves about. --Spenser.
Flashed glass. See Flashing, n., 3.