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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.]
   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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   To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
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   To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.
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   In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed.
   Milton.
   
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   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.
   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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   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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   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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   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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   To cause to start, as a hunter a bird.
   Nares.
   
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   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.
   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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   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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   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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   A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of joy.
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   A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.
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   [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.
   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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   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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   (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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   (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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