blicks

Noun (1)

blick (plural blicks)

1. The brightening or iridescence appearing on silver or gold at the end of the cupelling or refinishing process.
   • 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.1870, Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, page 417

Noun (2)

blick (plural blicks)

1. A sawed-off length of something.
   • Witness here described many blicks of wood cut out of trees on this line showing ages of marks.1832, Cornelia G. Goodrich et al. Vs. West Lumber Company, Records and Briefs of the United States Supreme Court, page 113

Noun (3)

blick (plural blicks)

1. (Multicultural-London-English, slang) A pistol.
   • Fix up, look sharp. Don't make me get the blicks out, get dark.2003 July 21, “Fix Up, Look Sharp” (track 6), in Boy In Da Corner, performed by Dizzy Rascal

   Synonyms:

   blicky

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