"blash" meaning in English

See blash in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: blashes [plural]
Etymology: Unclear. Perhaps ultimately imitative; compare plash, pash (“heavy rain”), dialectal clash (“heavy rain”). Head templates: {{en-noun}} blash (plural blashes)
  1. (Scotland, Northern England) A heavy fall of rain. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland Derived forms: blashy
    Sense id: en-blash-en-noun-IAUAPmn5 Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, Rain Disambiguation of Rain: 68 32

Verb

Forms: blashes [present, singular, third-person], blashing [participle, present], blashed [participle, past], blashed [past]
Etymology: Unclear. Perhaps ultimately imitative; compare plash, pash (“heavy rain”), dialectal clash (“heavy rain”). Head templates: {{en-verb}} blash (third-person singular simple present blashes, present participle blashing, simple past and past participle blashed)
  1. (Scotland, Northern England, of rain) To pour heavily. Tags: Northern-England, Scotland
    Sense id: en-blash-en-verb-TFEJeZbA Categories (other): Northern England English, Scottish English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 26 47 3 8 7 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 50 2 5 5 6

Inflected forms

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          "text": "For quotations using this term, see Citations:blash."
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        "A heavy fall of rain."
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