Flush, v. t. To cause by 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.
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.
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.
The flushing noise of many waters.
Boyle.
It flushes violently out of the
cock.
Mortimer.
2. To become suddenly suffused, as the
cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to
glow.
In her cheek, distemper flushing
glowed.
Milton.
4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a
bird.
Flushing from one spray unto
another.
W. Browne.
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.
2. To cause the blood to rush into (the
face); to put to the blush, or to cause to glow with
excitement.
Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's
cheek.
Gay.
Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose,
Flushing his brow.
Keats.
3. To make suddenly or temporarily red or
rosy, as if suffused with blood.
How faintly flushed. how phantom fair,
Was Monte Rosa, hanging there!
Tennyson.
4. To excite; to animate; to stir.
Such things as can only feed his pride and
flush his ambition.
South.
5. To cause to start, as a hunter a
bird. Nares.
To flush a joints (Masonry), to fill
them in; to point the level; to make them flush.
Flush, n. 1. A
sudden flowing; a rush which fills or overflows, as of water for
cleansing purposes.
In manner of a wave or flush.
Ray.
2. A suffusion of the face with blood, as
from fear, shame, modesty, or intensity of feeling of any kind; a
blush; a glow.
The flush of angered shame.
Tennyson.
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.
4. A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a
thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; as, a flush of
joy.
5. A flock of birds suddenly started up or
flushed.
6. [From F. or Sp. flux. Cf. Flux.]
A hand of cards of the same suit.
Flush, a. 1. Full
of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as
May.
Shak.
2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or
suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
Lord Strut was not very flush in
ready.
Arbuthnot.
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.
4. (Card Playing) Consisting of cards
of one suit.
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.
Flush (?), adv. So as to be level
or even.
Flush, v. t. To cause by 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.
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.
