flosh

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /flɒʃ/
• (US) IPA^(key): /flɔʃ/

Etymology 1

Noun

flosh (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of floss (“fibres of corncob, bean plants, etc.”)

Etymology 2

Compare German Flösse (“trough in which tin ore is washed”).

Noun

flosh (plural floshes)

1. (obsolete) A hopper-shaped box in which ore is placed to be stamped.

Etymology 2

Middle English flosche; see flush (“marsh, pool”) and flash (“(marshy) pool”) for more.

Noun

flosh (plural floshes)

1. A flush or flash (marsh or pool of water).
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:flosh.

References

• Edward H[enry] Knight (1877) “Flosh”, in Knight’s American Mechanical Dictionary. […], volumes I (A–GAS), New York, N.Y.: Hurd and Houghton […], →OCLC.
• “flosh”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.