*ashing*

adv. With clashing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The noise of many things falling and breaking at once. [ 1913 Webster ]

There shall be . . . a great crashing from the hills. Zeph. i. 10. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. Bold; spirited; showy. [ 1913 Webster ]

The dashing and daring spirit is preferable to the listless. T. Campbell. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. Conspicuously; showily. [ Colloq. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

A dashingly dressed gentleman. Hawthorne. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. (Engineering) The creation of an artificial flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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. [ 1913 Webster ]

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° 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

adj. entering a gathering uninvited; as, gate-crashing guests disrupted the party. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

adv. With gnashing. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement. South. [ 1913 Webster ]

Lashing out, a striking out; also, extravagance. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. See 2d Lasher. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. Excess; exaggeration. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The cutting or bending and intertwining the branches of small trees, as in hedges. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The dashing or sprinkling of coloring matter on the walls of buildings, to imitate granite, etc. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. 1. Swaggering; hectoring. “A swashing and martial outside.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Resounding; crushing. “Swashing blow.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. & n. from Thrash, v. [ 1913 Webster ]

Thrashing floor,
Threshing-floor, or
Threshing floor, a floor or area on which grain is beaten out. --
Thrashing machine, a machine for separating grain from the straw. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. The act of one who washes; the act of cleansing with water; ablution. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. The clothes washed, esp. at one time; a wash. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Mining) Gold dust procured by washing; also, a place where this is done; a washery. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

4. A thin covering or coat; as, a washing of silver. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

5. (Stock Exchanges) The operation of simultaneously buying and selling the same stock for the purpose of manipulating the market. The transaction is fictitious, and is prohibited by stock-exchange rules. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

6. (Pottery) The covering of a piece with an infusible powder, which prevents it from sticking to its supports, while receiving the glaze. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Washing bear (Zool.), the raccoon. --
Washing bottle (Chem.), a bottle fitted with glass tubes passing through the cork, so that on blowing into one of the tubes a stream of water issuing from the other may be directed upon anything to be washed or rinsed, as a precipitate upon a filter, etc. --
Washing fluid, a liquid used as a cleanser, and consisting usually of alkaline salts resembling soaps in their action. --
Washing machine, a machine for washing; specifically, a machine for washing clothes. --
Washing soda. (Chem.) See Sodium carbonate, under Sodium. --
Washing stuff, any earthy deposit containing gold enough to pay for washing it; -- so called among gold miners. [ 1913 Webster ]