blick
The brightening or iridescence appearing on silver or gold at the end of the cupelling…The brightening or iridescence appearing on silver or gold at the end of the cupelling or refinishing process.
Meaning
3 sensesThe brightening or iridescence appearing on silver or gold at the end of the cupelling or refinishing process.
A sawed-off length of something.
(Multicultural London English, slang)A pistol.
Origin
From German Blick (“look, glance, twinkle, flash”), from Middle High German blic, from OldFrom German Blick (“look, glance, twinkle, flash”), from Middle High German blic, from Old High German blik, blich, from Proto-West Germanic [Term?], from Proto-Germanic *blikiz (“shine, appearance, look”), related to *blīkaną.
Probably from replacing the initial letter C of click with the letter B in Blood slang.
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