flosh

English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /flɒʃ/

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.

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.

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