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- noun Plural form of
flashboard .
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Examples
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So sudden a decrease in the effectual height of the dam must lower the water on the dam crest markedly, and as every other probable cause has been eliminated in the case of the recent flood, the explanation of the check in the progress of floods over this dam may be safety accepted as due to carrying away of flashboards.
The Passaic Flood of 1903 Marshall Ora Leighton 1916
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The flashboards used upon this dam are usually 18 inches wide, and as they are supported by iron rods, which are of approximately the same strength and are placed upon the dam by one crew of workmen, it may be safely assumed that they are of approximately equal stability and might be expected to fail almost simultaneously along the length of the dam crest.
The Passaic Flood of 1903 Marshall Ora Leighton 1916
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Since the flow curves in fig. 1 were drawn it has been found by careful observation that the depressions which occur in the rise of every flood over Dundee dam are probably due to the carrying away of the flashboards which are placed upon the dam crest in times of low water.
The Passaic Flood of 1903 Marshall Ora Leighton 1916
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Therefore, a true flood curve at this point would be much flatter at the beginning and rise sharply at a period coincident with the carrying away of the flashboards.
The Passaic Flood of 1903 Marshall Ora Leighton 1916
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If you can not afford or do not wish to pay thousands of dollars for traditional bingo flashboards, bingo blowers, & bingo cages and you have access to a projector and a computer then IBA Bingo Flashboard is the prefect software for you.
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Those living along the lake said that the lack of the flashboards left the lake too shallow and muddy.
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Oronoco citizens first became involved last fall when Olmsted County Parks Superintendent Tom Ryan refused to allow his workers to erect flashboards to increase the lake height by 18 inches because of safety concerns.
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The flashboards will be raised on Friday, meaning the water level will be lowered for the winter.
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If we had the shorter flashboards and weaker pins in during
Lowell Sun Forum 2009
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