flosh

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /flɒʃ/

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.

References
  • 1874, Edward H. Knight, American Mechanical Dictionary
  • flosh in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
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