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   Flush (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flushed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. Flushing.] [Cf. OE. fluschen to fly up, penetrate, F. fluz a flowing, E. flux, dial. Sw. flossa to blaze, and E. flash; perh. influenced by blush. √84.]
   1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, “blood flushes into the face”.
   
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   The flushing noise of many waters. Boyle.
   
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   It flushes violently out of the cock. Mortimer.
   
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   2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
   
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   3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
   
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   In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed. Milton.
   
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   4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.
   
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   Flushing from one spray unto another. W. Browne.
   
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   Flush, v. t.
   1. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to overwhelm with water; as, “to flush the meadows”; to flood for the purpose of cleaning; as, “to flush a sewer”.
   
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   2. To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with excitement.
   
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   Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek. Gay.
   
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   Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose,
   
   Flushing his brow. Keats.
   
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   3. To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with blood.
   
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   How faintly flushed. how phantom fair,
   
   Was Monte Rosa, hanging there! Tennyson.
   
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   4. To excite; to animate; to stir.
   
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   Such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition. South.
   
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   5. To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.  Nares.
   
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   6. To cause to flow; to draw water from, or pour it over or through (a pond, meadow, sewer, etc.); to cleanse by means of a rush of water.
   
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   To flush a joints (Masonry), to fill them in; to point the level; to make them flush.
   
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   Flush, v. i. (Mining) (a) To operate a placer mine, where the continuous supply of water is insufficient, by holding back the water, and releasing it periodically in a flood. (b) To fill underground spaces, especially in coal mines, with material carried by water, which, after drainage, constitutes a compact mass.
   
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   Flush, n.
   1. A sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for cleansing purposes.
   
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   In manner of a wave or flush. Ray.
   
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   2. A suffusion of the face with blood, as from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a blush; a glow.
   
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   The flush of angered shame. Tennyson.
   
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   3. Any tinge of red color like that produced on the cheeks by a sudden rush of blood; as, “the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset.”
   
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   4. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, “a flush of joy”.
   
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   5. A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
   
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   6. [From F. or Sp. flux.  Cf. Flux.] A hand of cards, all of the same suit; -- especially significant in poker, where five cards of the same suit constitute a flush, which beats a straight but is beaten by a full house or four of a kind.
   
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   Flush, a.
   1. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
   
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   With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May. Shak.
   
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   2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
   
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   Lord Strut was not very flush in ready. Arbuthnot.
   
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   3. (Arch. & Mech.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, “a flush panel; a flush joint.”
   
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   4. (Card Playing) Consisting of cards of one suit.
   
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   Flush bolt. (a) A screw bolt whose head is countersunk, so as to be flush with a surface. (b) A sliding bolt let into the face or edge of a door, so as to be flush therewith. -- Flush deck. (Naut.) See under Deck, n., 1. -- Flush tank, a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for flushing drainpipes, etc.
   
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   Flush (?), adv. So as to be level or even.
   
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