'Flash wheel' definitions:

Definition of 'Flash wheel'

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  • Flash \Flash\, n. [OE. flasche, flaske; cf. OF. flache, F. flaque.]
  • 1. A pool. [Prov. Eng.] --Haliwell. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. (Engineering) A reservoir and sluiceway beside a navigable stream, just above a shoal, so that the stream may pour in water as boats pass, and thus bear them over the shoal. [1913 Webster]
  • Flash wheel (Mech.), a paddle wheel made to revolve in a breast or curved water way, by which water is lifted from the lower to the higher level. [1913 Webster]