Obs. In 5 flasch, flaisch. See also FLAKE a. [The forms, compared with those given under FLAKE a., suggest that the word may be a confusion of OF. flac, flache ‘feeble, insipid’ (see next) with the similar-sounding ME. wlake, wlache tepid.] Lukewarm, tepid. Also flash-hot.
c. 1400. Lanfranc’s Cirurg., 265. Boile hem in a double vessel & distille it in his eere flaisch. Ibid., 266. Loke þat alle þingis þat þou leist þerto he flasch hoot.
