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Webster 1913 Edition

Flush

Flush

,
Verb.
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

,
Verb.
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

,
Noun.
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.

Flush

,
Adj.
1.
Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
With all his crimes broad blown, as
flush
as May.
Shakespeare
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
,
Noun.
, 1.
–
Flush tank
,
a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for flushing drainpipes, etc.

Flush

,
adv.
So as to be level or even.

Webster 1828 Edition

Flush

FLUSH

, v.i.
1.
To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.
2.
To come in haste; to start.
3.
To appear suddenly, as redness or a blush.
A blush rose on their cheeks, flushing and fading like the changeful play of colors on a dolphin.
4.
To become suddenly red; to glow; as, the cheeks flush.
5.
To be gay, splendid or beautiful.
At once, arrayed in all the colors of the flushing year, the garden glows.

FLUSH

, v.t.
1.
To redden suddenly; to cause the blood to rush suddenly into the face.
Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek.
2.
To elate; to elevate; to excite the spirits; to animate with joy; as, to flush with victory.

FLUSH

,
Adj.
1.
Fresh, full of vigor; glowing; bright.
Flush as May.
2.
Affluent; abounding; well furnished.
Lord Strut was not very flush in ready.
3.
Free to spend; liberal; prodigal. He is very flush with his money. This is a popular use of the word in America.
A flush deck, in seamen's language, is a deck without a half-deck or forecastle.

FLUSH

,
Noun.
1.
A sudden flow of blood to the face; or more generally, the redness of face which proceeds from such an afflux of blood. Hectic constitutions are often known by a frequent flush in the cheeks.
2.
Sudden impulse or excitement; sudden flow; as a flush of joy.
3.
Bloom; growth; abundance.
4.
A run of cards of the same suit.
5.
A term for a number of ducks.

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