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ˌoverˈflush, v. [over- 27, 8.] trans. a. To flush too much. b. To flush over, cover with a flush. rare. So ˈoverˈflushed ppl. a.; also ˈoverflush n., superfluity; ˈoverˈflush a., too flush.
1581Mulcaster Positions xliii. (1887) 268 Such an ouer⁓flush of bookes growes chargeable to the printer. a1652J. Smith Sel. Disc. iv. 78 A jolly fit of his over-flushed and fiery fancy. 1712Addison Spect. No. 265 ⁋9 A Face which is overflushed appears to advantage in the deepest Scarlet. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia, Over-flush, superfluity. 1835Browning Paracelsus iii. 840 To overflush those blemishes with all The glow of general goodness they disturb. 1860Thackeray Lovel iv, You don't look as if you were overflush of money. |