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. 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 (?), adv. So
as to be level or even.
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 , 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 , 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 (?), 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.
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