FLASH (2)

flash (2). Flash, v. to blaze out suddenly, dash, throw up

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Flash (flăsh), v. t. 1. 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. 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. 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. 4. To trick up in a showy manner.
Limning and flashing it with various dyes. A. Brewer. 5. 5. [[Perh. due to confusion between flash of light and plash, splash.]] To strike and throw up large bodies of water from the surface; to splash.
He rudely flashed the waves about. Spenser. Flashed glass. See Flashing, n., 3.