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First published 1956 (SND Vol. IV).
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†FLASH, n.1 “A depository for timber” (Leith 1808 Jam.).
[This appears to have been a piece of flat ground at the edge of the Forth, liable to be overflowed at high tides. The word is therefore probably to be associated with Eng. flash, flosh, (also flask), common in place-names, e.g. in Lth. and N.England, meaning “a pool, a marshy place,” Mid.Eng. flasshe, id., and of doubtful etymology. Some suggest that it is an onomat. alteration, influenced by (s)plash, of Dan. flask, a swampy piece of grassland. Resemblance to Fr. flache, plash, puddle, pool, is prob. fortuitous. Cf. the related word Flush.]You may wish to vary the format shown below depending on the citation style used.
"Flash n.1". Dictionary of the Scots Language. 2004. Scottish Language Dictionaries Ltd. Accessed 22 Dec 2024 <http://www.dsl.ac.uk/entry/snd/flash_n1>
