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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. G.

flösse

a trough in which tin ore is washed.]

(Metallurgy)

A hopper-shaped box or [GREEK]nortar in which ore is placed for the action of the stamps.

Knight.

flosh ‎(plural floshes)

(obsolete) A hopper-shaped box in which ore is placed to be stamped.
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