flashiness

[Eng. flashy; -ne .] The quality or state of being flashy; gaudine ; ostentation; empty show. flash-ing, pr. par., a. & s. [FLASH, v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip . adj .: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: 1. Ord. Lang.: The act of emitting or appearing as a flash of light; a flash. "As through some dull volcano's veil of smoke Ominous flashings now and then will start." Moore: Veiled Prophet of Khor as san . II. Technically: 1. Gla -making: (1) A re-heating at a furnace aperture in connec tion with a rotary movement, causing the opening in the flatted sphere of gla to enlarge and eventually to disappear entirely as the table of gla as sumes a flat shape. The flashing heat is also applied to smooth the sheared edges of a goblet or other article, or to reheat an article during manufacture to restore its plastic condition. (2) A mode of covering transparent white gla with a film of colored gla in order to give the appearance of color to the whole ware. In some cases the ruby coating is ground away in an ornamental pattern, so that the gla is parti-colored. The colored gla is prepared with a composition called Schmelze (q. v.). 2. Hydr. Eng.: Concentrating a fall of water at one point, so as to increase the depth to allow the pa age of a boat from one level to another. The river having a dam acro it and a sluice at one point, the sluice-gate is opened, and during the temporary increase of depth in the sluice-way the boat is drawn through. It is a very ancient device, and is still used in many countries with boats of moderate size. 2. Plumbing : (1) A lap-joint used in sheet-metal roofing, where the edges of the sheets meet on a projecting ridge. (2) A strip of lead leading the drip of a wall into a gutter. Step-flashings are those situated at the junction of the sloping side of a roof and a wall. They are turned in at each course of bricks, and stepped down as the roof descends.