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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun
flosh (uncountable)
- 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)
- (obsolete) A hopper-shaped box in which ore is placed to be stamped.
Etymology 3
Middle English flosche; see flush (“marsh, pool”) and flash (“(marshy) pool”) for more.
Noun
flosh (plural floshes)
- A flush or flash (marsh or pool of water).
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.