Meaning of blick | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The brightening or iridescence appearing on silver or gold at the end of the cupelling or refinishing process.
2. A sawed-off length of something.
3. A pistol.
   Multicultural-London-English, slang

Examples

“The nearer the process approaches to the “Blick,” the slower is the formation of litharge, till at last it can only be continued by a very strong fire.”

“It was also found advantageous not to complete cupellations in the cupel furnace, but to stop the operation some time before the Blick, and to transfer the alloy to the refining furnace, in which cupellation is completed and the silver refined;”

“Commonly, as it cools, it emits a sudden gleam or flash of light[…]but as this gleam or “blick” is exhibited by gold as well as by silver[…]”

“When the last of the lead separates, and the button is not smaller than a pin-head, there is a brilliant play of colors, then the button becomes dull; this is known as the "blick," "brightening," "fulguration," or "coruscation."”

“When the blick ( or coloured films ) just disappears, close the doors for a few minutes and then remove the cupels, taking the usual precautions against the button spitting.”

“Witness here described many blicks of wood cut out of trees on this line showing ages of marks.”

“Method of producing short boards as boards for boxes, cases or the like, characterized by the fact that the log previous to or after the ends thereof being cut away as usual is cut into short logs or blicks of about the length of the boards to be produced,”

“And we used the saw to cut down the snow in little blicks.”

“Fix up, look sharp. Don't make me get the blicks out, get dark.”

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