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Rim
·noun The lower part of the abdomen. II. Rim ·vt To furnish with a rim; to <<Border>>. III. Rim ·n...

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rim
, or brim. A name given to the circular edge of a top. (See top.) ...

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Flash
·noun A <<Pool>>. II. Flash ·noun To trick up in a showy manner. III. Flash ·noun Slang or cant of...

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flash
1) Knowing. Understanding another's meaning. The swell was flash, so I could not draw his fogle. The...

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flash
a supply of water from the locks on the Thames, to assist the barges. S. Any little pool. North. ...

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flash
The laminæ and grain-marks in timber, when cut into planks. Also, a pool. Also, in the west, a river...

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Rim-fire
·add. ·adj Having the percussion fulminate in a rim surrounding the base, distinguished from center-...

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paul rim
A notched cast-iron capstan-ring let into the ship's deck for the pauls to act on. ...

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rim-base
The shoulder on the stock of a musket. ...

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sponson-rim
The same as wing-wale (which see). ...

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top rim or brim
The circular sweep of the fore part of a vessel's top, and covering in the ends of the cross-trees a...

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Flash boiler
·add. ·- A variety of water-tube boiler, used chiefly in steam automobiles, consisting of a nest of ...

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Flash burner
·add. ·- A gas burner with a device for lighting by an electric spark. ...

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flash panneys
Houses to which thieves and prostitutes resort. Next for his favourite MOT (Girl) the KIDDEY (Youth)...

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flash song
or flash A periwig. Rum flash; a fine long wig. Queer flash; a miserable weather-beaten caxon. ...

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flash ken
A house that harbours thieves. ...

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flash lingo
The canting or slang language. ...

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flash man
A bully to a bawdy house. A whore's bully. ...

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flash vessels
All paint outside, and no order within. ...

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to flash the hash
To vomit. CANT. ...

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to flash in the pan
To fail of success. A metaphor borrowed from a gun, which, after being primed and ready to be discha...

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flash in the pan
An expressive metaphor, borrowed from the false fire of a musket, meaning to fail of success after p...

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