Found 1 items, similar to blick.
English → English (gcide) Definition: blick Fulguration \Ful"gu*ra`tion\, n. [L. fulguratio: cf. F. fulguration.] 1. The act of lightening. [R.] --Donne. [1913 Webster] 2. (Assaying) The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface; -- also called blick. [1913 Webster] A phenomenon called, by the old chemists, fulguration. --Ure. [1913 Webster] Bleak \Bleak\, n. [From Bleak, a., cf. Blay.] (Zo["o]l.) A small European river fish (Leuciscus alburnus), of the family Cyprinid[ae]; the blay. [Written also blick.] [1913 Webster] Note: The silvery pigment lining the scales of the bleak is used in the manufacture of artificial pearls. --Baird. [1913 Webster]