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flushn.1

Brit. /flʌʃ/, U.S. /fləʃ/
Etymology: < flush v.1
A flight of birds suddenly started up. Also transferred.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun] > bird that flies > sudden rush of
flush1596
flurry1868
1596 E. Spenser Second Pt. Faerie Queene v. ii. sig. O2 When a Faulcon hath..Flowne at a flush of Ducks. View more context for this quotation
1668 H. More Divine Dialogues (1713) ii. x. 118 When one shoots at a flock of Pigeons or a flush of Ducks.
1863 A. W. Kinglake Invasion of Crimea II. xvi. 358 A body which might almost be called a mere flush of skirmishers.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flushn.2

Brit. /flʌʃ/, U.S. /fləʃ/
Etymology: < flush v.2
†1. A pool or puddle. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > lake > small body or puddle > [noun]
plashlOE
pulkc1300
pludc1325
puddlec1390
sumpa1450
flush1487
dub?a1513
plashet1575
pool1596
slab1610
pudge1671
flodge1696
pant1807
pothole1867
push1886
splashet1896
1487 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (St. John's Cambr.) xiii. 20 The battale thair so felloune was [1489 Adv. floussis] And sua richt gret spilling of blud, That on the erd the flus it stud.
1553 G. Douglas in tr. Virgil Eneados vii. Prol. 54 Euery hie way Full of fluschis, dubbis, myre and clay.
2.
a. A sudden increase in the volume of a stream; a rush of water coming down suddenly, or let down for a specific purpose.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > sudden rush of water > [noun]
flush1529
shotc1540
ravine1545
cataract1634
push1782
debacle1802
startle1912
sloosh1919
1529 T. More Dialogue Heresyes iii, in Wks. 245/2 It woulde happely be thought not a thyng metely to be aduentured to set all on a flushe at ones, and dashe rashelye out holye scrypture in euerye lewde felowes teeth.
1677 A. Yarranton England's Improvem. 189 By making three Holds for water in the River..to be let down as flushes in dry times.
1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 206 The pulsation of the Heart, driving the Blood through them in manner of a Wave or Flush.
1850 R. Netherway Suggest. Drainage London 18 By a small reservoir, and letting it off by sluices..a sufficient flush would be obtained.
1854 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 15 i. 13 Cattle driven by a flush of water to some isolated spot of ground.
1870 Illustr. London News 24 Sept. 319 Owing to..the want of a good flush of water, few of them [trout] were taken.
b. A sudden plentiful increase or abundance of anything. Also, rarely, †the mass, great majority.
ΘΚΠ
the world > relative properties > number > plurality > great number, numerousness > [noun] > greater number, majority
moeOE
unfewc1175
most?a1400
most forcea1400
substancea1413
overmatch1542
flush1592
the (great, vast) mass of1604
the millions1604
stream1614
numbers1638
the multiplicity of1639
majority1650
the world > relative properties > quantity > sufficient quantity, amount, or degree > abundance > [noun] > an abundance > sudden
flush1592
rash1820
the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [noun] > a great part or proportion > the greater part, the majority
the more partOE
the best part ofOE
(the) more parta1350
(the) most parta1350
(the) most part alla1350
(the) most party1372
for (also be, in) the most part (also deal, party)a1387
the better part ofa1393
the mo?a1400
most forcea1400
substancea1413
corsec1420
generalty?c1430
the greater partc1430
three quartersc1470
generalityc1485
the most feck1488
corpse1533
most1553
nine-tenths?1556
better half1566
generality?1570
pluralityc1570
body1574
the great body (of)1588
flush1592
three fourths1600
best1601
heap1609
gross1625
lump1709
bulk1711
majority1714
nineteen in twenty1730
balance1747
sweighta1800
heft1816
chief1841
the force1842
thick end1847
1592 G. Harvey Foure Lett. Ep. Ded., in Wks. (1884) I. 156 In such a flush of notable good fellowes.
1617 in R. F. Williams Court & Times James I (1849) II. 7 When upon such a flush we are already come to so low an ebb.
a1626 F. Bacon Certificate of Mint in Wks. (1740) I. App. 63 The great flush of gold that is come into the Mint since the proclamation.
a1680 T. Goodwin Wks. (1683) II. iii. 112 The shoal and the flush of Mankind.
1738 G. Smith Curious Relations II. 311 When they had given their Folly a sudden Flush.
1823 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 14 507 The last flush of passengers is seen in the streets.
c. The stream from a mill-wheel.
ΘΚΠ
the world > the earth > water > rivers and streams > stream > [noun] > mill-tail
tail1533
mill-tail1569
tail-water1760
tail-race1776
flusha1825
millwash1861
tail-dam1903
a1825 R. Forby Vocab. E. Anglia (1830)
1892 Longman's Mag. Nov. 87 Nets so placed as to intercept them as they pass through mill flushes.
d. Coal Mining. (See quot. 1883.)
ΚΠ
1883 W. S. Gresley Gloss. Terms Coal Mining Flush, a small quantity of ignited fire-damp.
3. A rush of emotion or passion; elation or excitement arising from this, or from success, victory, etc. in the (first, full) flush.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > passion > [noun] > sudden outburst or access of passion
heatc1200
gerec1369
accessc1384
braida1450
guerie1542
bursting1552
ruff1567
riot1575
suddentyc1575
pathaire1592
flaw1596
blaze1597
start1598
passion1599
firework1601
storm1602
estuation1605
gare1606
accession?1608
vehemency1612
boutade1614
flush1614
escapea1616
egression1651
ebullition1655
ebulliency1667
flushinga1680
ecstasy1695
gusta1704
gush1720
vehemence1741
burst1751
overboiling1767
explosion1769
outflaming1836
passion fit1842
outfly1877
Vesuvius1886
outflame1889
the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [noun] > thrill of > arising from success
flush1614
flushinga1680
the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > there is much success [phrase] > in elation of success
a (also on) cock-horse1576
in the (first, full) flush1829
the mind > emotion > excitement > pleasurable excitement > [adverb] > in (a glow of) pleasurable excitement > arising from success
in the (first, full) flush1829
1614 W. Raleigh Hist. World i. iii. i. §11. 21 Vnreasonable flushes of proud and vaine ioy.
1692 R. L'Estrange Fables ccccxliii Never had any Man such a Loss..cries a Widdower, in the Flush of his Extravagancies for a Dead Wife.
1829 E. Bulwer-Lytton Devereux I. ii. vii. 216 In the full flush of his..restless schemes.
1843 C. J. Lever Jack Hinton xxii A momentary flush of passionate indignation.
1850 C. Merivale Hist. Romans under Empire I. i. 46 The plunder of the whole Italy..was too tempting..to be relinquished in the first flush of victory.
1867 F. Parkman Jesuits in N. Amer. xvii. 241 The Confederates at this time were in a flush of unparalleled audacity.
4. A sudden shooting up; a fresh growth (of grass, leaves, or flowers). Also in full flush.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > by growth or development > [noun] > that which has grown
springc1450
growth1580
flush1773
the world > plants > by growth or development > [adjective] > that has grown
upsprungc1000
sprouted?c1475
sprungc1485
speared1577
sprit1688
shot?1830
in full flush1893
1773 G. Steevens Note on King Lear iv. vi, in S. Johnson & G. Steevens Plays of Shakespeare (rev. ed.) IX. 453 A horse..turned out in the spring to take the first flush of grass.
1803 Trans. Soc. Arts 21 120 The showers in July..bringing up a new flush of annuals.
1844 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 5 i. 49 The general flush of grass..comes on generally late in April.
1882 Garden 11 Mar. 169/2 Avoid producing a too vigorous flush of vine.
1893 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 534 Brown coolies are picking the young shoots, now in full ‘flush’ after a heavy shower.
5. The act of cleansing (a drain) by flushing.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > [noun] > clearing drain or sewer
flushing1859
flush1883
rodding1890
1883 Pall Mall Gaz. 21 Nov. 4/2 The quantity for a flush is two gallons.
6.
a. A glow of light or colour, esp. the reddening in the face caused by a rush of blood; also, the rush of blood itself.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > [noun] > glow or burst of colour
flush1630
bloom1832
outflame1889
the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [noun] > glow
flush1630
bloom1832
the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [noun] > with blushing
blushing1581
flushing1590
suffusion1700
flush1706
bloom1752
mantling1753
rouge1759
hectic1768
vermilion1787
smoking1862
mantle1897
the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > [noun] > rush of blood
flush1803
1630 J. Taylor Praise Cleane Linnen in Wks. ii. 1691 When bright Phœbus..roabes the welkin with a purple flush.
1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) Flush, a Red Colour in the Face.
1803 Med. & Physical Jrnl. 10 552 Periodical hectic flushes.
1832 H. Martineau Hill & Valley iv. 55 I see a fiery flush..which I suppose comes from some iron~work near.
1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xviii. 131 A warm flush ran through me.
1865 C. Dickens Our Mutual Friend II. iv. xvi. 298 ‘It belongs to me,’ returned the little creature, with a quick flush of her face and neck.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xxiv. 405 Along the west..lay a great flush of gold.
figurative.1851 T. Carlyle Life J. Sterling i. iii. 20 Sudden flights to Dublin, to London, whithersoever any flush of bright outlook..allured him.
b. A hot fit in a fever.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > fever > [noun] > attack of
accessc1300
exacerbation1625
weed1753
exacerbescence1794
flush1858
1858 O. W. Holmes Autocrat of Breakfast-table in Atlantic Monthly Aug. 369/1 The throbbing flushes of the poetical intermittent.
1869 J. C. Atkinson Peacock's Gloss. Dial. Hundred of Lonsdale Flush, the hot stage of a fever.
7. Glow, freshness, vigour (of beauty, health, life).
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > [noun] > good health > freshness or vigour
frikenessc1440
dewiness1638
floridness1661
flush1735
freshness1768
1735 W. Somervile Chace iii. 449 The Flush of Beauty in their Cheeks.
1827 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey III. v. x. 192 Meeting death in the very flush of life.
1856 D. Masson Ess. Biogr. & Crit. v. 166 Swift.. in the full flush of his new popularity..visited England.
1874 M. E. Braddon Taken at Flood ii It was in the very flush of summer.
8. Of a lavatory, its plumbing, etc., as flush toilet. Also occasionally elliptical. Cf. flush v.2 3, flush-box n., flush-tank n. at Compounds 1.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [adjective] > type of privy, lavatory, or W.C.
Turkish1855
washdown1881
flush1908
outside1913
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > sanitation > privy or latrine > [noun] > water-closet or lavatory > types of
pan-closet1855
trough-closet1870
tumbler closet1870
pan-latrine1897
flush toilet1950
Porta Potti1968
Johnny-on-the-spot1971
1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 604/1 The closet..is furnished with a positive flush valve.
1908 Sears, Roebuck Catal. No. 117. 605/3 China push button flush in front of tank.
1950 Ann. Rep. Smithsonian Inst. 1949 220 Flush toilets, bathing and laundry, street cleaning, and fire protection require an average of about 40 to 75 gallons per day per capita.
1961 L. Mumford City in Hist. viii. 216 Flush toilets both wasted potential fertilizer and polluted the streams.
1965 G. McInnes Road to Gundagai iii. 38 We were lucky to have arrived after the installation of ‘the flush’.
1967 Guardian 28 Apr. 4/6 A notable change from chemical to flush lavatories, both inside and outside caravans.
1967 Gloss. Sanitation Terms (B.S.I.) 60 Flush valve (flushing valve), a valve, for controlling the flushing of a W.C. pan.

Compounds

C1. General attributive.
flush-box n.
ΚΠ
1884 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. Suppl. 350/2 Flush Box, a cistern for especial use in dwellings where the supply of water is intermittent.
flush-pot n.
ΚΠ
1884 G. E. Waring in Cent. Mag. Dec. 264/2 The outlet of the flush-pot is closed with a plug.
flush-tank n.
ΚΠ
1884 G. E. Waring in Cent. Mag. Dec. 255/1 House drainage..begins at the sewer, or flush-tank.
flush-vent n.
ΚΠ
1884 Internat. Health Exhib. Official Catal. 60/2 Owen's Patent Single Flushvent.
C2.
flush-wheel n. (see quot. 1874).
ΚΠ
1874 E. H. Knight Pract. Dict. Mech. I. 892/1 Flush-wheel, a wheel used in raising water for draining.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

flushn.3

Brit. /flʌʃ/, U.S. /fləʃ/
Etymology: proximate source uncertain; French has flux, flus from 15th cent., Spanish flux (probably from French, as the native form would be fluxo, modern flujo), Flemish (16th cent.) fluys (from French); Florio 1611 gives Italian flusso in the same sense (now obsolete). The French and Italian words appear to be merely special uses of the words in those languages representing Latin fluxus flow, flux n. (for the sense in cardplaying compare run ). The English word probably owes its form to association with flush n.2
Cards.
1. A hand consisting of cards all of one suit, or including a prescribed number all of one suit.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [noun] > hand > types of hand
flusha1529
renounce1830
lay-down1839
no-trumper1899
chicane1900
pianola hand1913
powerhouse1932
void1933
pianola1974
a1529 J. Skelton Speke Parrot in Poet. Wks. (1843) II. 21 He facithe owte at a fflusshe, with, shewe, take all!
1599 J. Minsheu Pleasant Dialogues Spanish & Eng. 38/2 in R. Percyvall & J. Minsheu Spanish Gram. The Queene of Diamonds with which I made the last flush.
?1605 J. Davies Wittes Pilgrimage sig. N1v Hir Lips! blush cherries, Currall, Rubies blush: For your Prim's far inferior to their Flush.
1785 in Archaeologia 8 132 If they [cards] are all of the same colour, he wins the flush.
1836 C. Dickens Sketches by Boz 1st Ser. I. 207 A flush!..that's good for four.
1891 Punch 26 Dec. 305/1 I guess there's a straight flush against me.
†2. A certain card game. Obsolete. rare.Apparently only attested in dictionaries or glossaries.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > other card games > [noun] > others
laugh and lie down1522
mack1548
decoyc1555
pinionc1557
to beat the knave out of doors1570
imperial1577
prima vista1587
loadum1591
flush1598
prime1598
thirty-perforce1599
gresco1605
hole1621
my sow's pigged1621
slam1621
fox-mine-host1622
whipperginnie1622
crimpa1637
hundred1636
pinache1641
sequence1653
lady's hole1658
quebas1668
art of memory1674
costly colours1674
penneech1674
plain dealing1674
wit and reason1680
comet1685
lansquenet1687
incertain1689
macham1689
uptails1694
quinze1714
hoc1730
commerce1732
matrimonya1743
tredrille1764
Tom come tickle me1769
tresette1785
snitch'ems1798
tontine1798
blind hazard1816
all fives1838
short cards1845
blind hookey1852
sixty-six1857
skin the lamb1864
brisque1870
handicap1870
manille1874
forty-five1875
slobberhannes1877
fifteen1884
Black Maria1885
slapjack1887
seven-and-a-half1895
pit1904
Russian Bank1915
red dog1919
fan-tan1923
Pelmanism1923
Slippery Sam1923
go fish1933
Russian Banker1937
racing demon1938
pit-a-pat1947
scopa1965
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Flussata, a play at cardes called Flush.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flushadj.1

Brit. /flʌʃ/, U.S. /fləʃ/
Etymology: ? < flush v.1
1.
a. Abundantly full. In later use chiefly of a stream, etc.: Full to overflowing, swollen, in flood.
ΚΠ
a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) v. v. 8 Now the time is flush . View more context for this quotation
1647 H. More Philos. Poems 333 Her [sc. the Moon's] hollow horns fill'd up with flusher light.
1697 W. Dampier New Voy. around World xiv. 393 Small Brooks of fresh Water, that run flush into the Sea for 10 months in the year.
1826 B. Disraeli Vivian Grey II. iii. vi. 62 In the flush moment of joy.
1841 C. H. Hartshorne Salopia Antiqua Gloss. s.v. ‘The Sivirn's pretty flush’.
1872 R. Browning Fifine lxxxviii Unchoked, the channel's flush.
†b. ? ‘Up to the mark’, perfect, faultless. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > goodness and badness > quality of being good > perfection > [adjective] > pure or flawless
lutter971
unwemmedc1000
fair?c1225
upright?c1225
purec1300
without lackc1300
completec1380
defaultlessa1425
flush?1550
undefective1599
impeccable1620
indefectivea1641
defectless1651
virginala1659
flawless1659
unflawed1665
indefectuous1685
unblighted1785
immaculate1791
indefectible1833
shadeless1894
flukeless1895
intacta1941
pedicured1988
?1550 R. Weaver Lusty Iuventus sig. C.iiiv I could so beate the busshe, That al shuld be flusshe, That euer I dyd.
2. Full of life or spirit, lively, lusty, vigorous. Hence, Self-confident, self-conceited. Now rare.
ΘΚΠ
the world > health and disease > [adjective] > of health: good > fresh or vigorous
vigorousc1330
frikea1400
freck?a1513
flourishing?1555
flush1604
caller1754
yauld1787
strengthful1830
beany1852
pithsome1864
the mind > emotion > pride > excessive self-confidence > [adjective]
over-trusty?c1225
assured1477
self-wise1573
confident1600
flush1604
crested1619
sufficienta1625
self-sufficient1628
self-confiding1647
self-trustinga1660
self-secure1679
self-assured1711
cocksure1842
secure1859
self-sufficing1874
ten feet tall1962
1604 W. Shakespeare Hamlet iii. iii. 81 A tooke my father..Withall his crimes braod blowne, as flush [1623 fresh] as May. View more context for this quotation
1611 in T. Coryate Crudities sig. c4v He had a kind of simple blush That kept him still from being flush, When Ladies did him woe.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) i. iv. 52 Many hot inrodes They make in Italy, the Borders Maritime Lacke blood to thinke on't, and flush youth reuolt. View more context for this quotation
a1680 S. Charnock Several Disc. Existence of God (1682) 758 Not as flush and gay..as others.
a1690 Bp. E. Hopkins Expos. Lord's Prayer (1692) 297 The practice of some flush Notionists.
1766 H. Brooke Fool of Quality I. iv. 143 Both appeared quite flush and confident of victory.
1825 J. Wilson Noctes Ambrosianae xix, in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. Mar. 368 The flush maiden, the rosy elf.
1894 T. Hardy Life's Little Ironies 84 Her bright eyes, brown hair..and flush beauty.
3.
a. Plentifully supplied (esp. with money). Const. of, († in, †with.) Of money: Abundant, plentiful.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > wealth > [adjective] > having large amount of money
pecuniousc1400
moneyed1457
well-moneyed1479
purse-full1600
pursy1602
flush1603
moneyful1604
moneyfied1620
millioned1747
millionary1816
millionaire1864
millionairish1874
coiny1891
multimillionaire1893
financialized1898
stakey1919
society > trade and finance > money > funds or pecuniary resources > [adjective]
moneyed1457
pursed1602
flush1603
ready-moneyed1688
pennied1806
the mind > possession > supply > [adjective] > provided or supplied with something > well-provided or supplied
plenteousc1350
plentifulc1400
well-replenished1448
well-provided1523
well-supplied1594
storeful1598
flush1603
well-plenished1662
well-fogged1790
rowth1863
1603 tr. Batchelars Banquet viii. sig. G2 Some dames..are more flush in crownes then her good man.
1637 T. Heywood Royall King iii. sig. Fv So flush of money, and so bare in cloaths?
1667 E. Waterhouse Short Narr. Fire London 28 Monies being not so flush with them.
1669 J. Dryden Wild Gallant ii. i. 19 Since you are so flush, Sir, you shall give me a Locket of Diamonds.
1712 J. Arbuthnot Law is Bottomless-pit iii. 8 He was not flush in Ready, either to go to Law or clear old Debts.
1727 P. Longueville Hermit 81 Ill Language, of which they generally are flush, when Money is scant.
1767 ‘Coriat Junior’ Another Traveller! I. 235 While they were flush with money.
1793 T. Jefferson Writings (1830) IV. 482 Money being so flush, the six per cents run up to twenty-one, and twenty-two shillings.
1839 C. Dickens Nicholas Nickleby xiv. 121 The first-floor lodgers, being flush of furniture, kept an old mahogany table..on the landing-place outside.
1871 M. Collins Marquis & Merchant II. ix. 269 Tom..is always very flush or very hard up.
b. dialect. Lavish, profuse.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > possession > relinquishing > squandering or prodigality > [adjective]
largea1225
fool-largec1325
costlewa1387
outragea1400
riotousc1405
sumptuousa1425
superfluea1425
prodigatec1429
profuse?a1475
lavishc1475
prodigalc1485
prodiga1492
prodigaleousa1500
superfluous1531
wasteful1538
costly?1555
prodigal1570
overlavish1573
squandering1589
lavishing1598
spenseful1600
expenseful1605
spendthrift1607
spendful1611
dingthrifty1615
impendious1623
expensive1628
unthriftya1631
spendthrifty1642
flush1703
extravagant1711
profligate1718
dispendious1727
wastry1791
wasterful1821
wastrife1822
prodigalish1857
high-rolling1890
wastrel1896
the mind > possession > giving > liberal giving > [adjective]
custyeOE
room-handeda1200
largea1225
free?c1225
plenteousc1350
bounteousc1374
liberalc1384
free-hearteda1398
ungnedea1400
royalc1405
opena1425
plentifula1475
profuse?a1475
ungrighta1475
lavishc1475
almifluent1477
prodigous1477
frank1484
bountiful1508
largifluent?a1525
munificent1565
magnificent1577
largeous1583
munifical1583
magnifical1586
free-handed1592
frolic1593
open-handed1593
magnific?1594
prodigal1595
goodwillya1598
communicativea1602
real1602
prodig1605
unniggard1605
generous1615
open-hearteda1617
large-handeda1628
unniggardly1628
fluent1633
profusive1638
numerous1655
largifical1656
insordid1660
unsparing1667
dispensive1677
expensive1678
wasteful1701
flush1703
unboundeda1704
genteel1741
munific1745
magnifique1751
ungrudginga1774
unstinting1845
brickish1860
flaithulach1876
princely1889
outgiving1896
sharing1922
two-handed1929
1703 R. Thoresby Let. 27 Apr. in J. Ray Corr. (1848) 422 Flush, full-handed, prodigal, wasteful.
1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede I. i. i. 13 When y'are six an' forty..ye wonna be so flush o' workin' for nought.
1884 R. Holland Gloss. Words County of Chester (1886) Flush, lavish.
c. Of times: Prosperous.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > prosperity > [adjective] > characterized by prosperity > of times or places
golden?a1439
wealthyc1460
Saturnian1592
silver1659
millenary1700
heroic1793
Pericleana1822
flush1840
millennial1859
belle époque1957
1840 W. Irving Let. 25 Nov. (1982) III. 62 If times ever again come smooth and flush with me.
1847 B. Disraeli Tancred II. iii. vi. 88 Everything being thus in a state of flush and affluent prosperity.
1888 Daily News 17 Dec. 2/8 The output probably is greater now than it was during the best of the ‘flush’ times which preceded the long depression.
4. Of a high colour; blushing, ruddy; flushed.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > with blushing
ruddyc1225
redc1275
flecked1544
rosy1593
scarlet1597
flush1619
flushed1690
mantling1690
overflushed1712
erubescent1736
aflush?1850
1619 M. Drayton Idea in Poems (rev. ed.) 255 Thy Cheeke, now flush with Roses.
1817 J. Keats Let. Nov. in Wks. (1889) III. 97 Jane looked very flush when I first looked in, but was much better when I left.
1820 J. Keats Isabella in Lamia & Other Poems 62 Sick and wan The brothers' faces..did seem, Lorenzo's flush with love.
5.
a. Even, level, in the same plane (whether horizontal or vertical) with (dialect by). [? Originally of a river or stream running full (compare sense 1), and so level with its banks: see quot. 1877. Compare float n.]
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > shape > flatness or levelness > [adjective]
eveneOE
plainc1330
platc1395
planirc1450
level1538
flat1551
evenlya1586
plane1666
unraised1694
planary1724
dead1782
flush1791
square1814
billiard-table1887
1791 J. Bentham Panopticon i. 172 Why..place it [the building] in a recess, rather than close to the road, and flush with the surrounding wall?
1832 D. Brewster Lett. Nat. Magic xi. 285 He observed the edge of a pin flush with the edge of the receptacle.
1874 J. T. Moggridge Ants & Spiders ii. 91 The entire door does not shut flush with the surface.
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. (at cited word) ‘Watter was flush by th' bank top.’
b. Even or level with the adjacent surface. Also absol. bead and flush work, etc. (see quot. 1846). flush work: (a) Jewellery: work in which the stones are level or nearly level with the setting; (b) Bookbinding: work in which the edges of the binding and leaves are cut level.
ΘΚΠ
the world > space > relative position > horizontal position or condition > [adjective] > lying in same horizontal plane
evena1400
level1559
equala1649
level1795
flush1799
square1814
aflush1880
1799 A. Young Gen. View Agric. County Lincoln 30 Two inch six-panel bead and flush.
1823 P. Nicholson New Pract. Builder 160 The parallel faces of both are made flush, and..appear almost like one single piece.
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. ii. iii. 568 The panels are surrounded with a bead formed on the edge of the framing, and the work is called bead and flush.
1846 W. M. Buchanan Technol. Dict. Bead and flush work, a piece of framed work with beads run on each edge of the inclined panel. Bead, flush, and square work, framing with bead and flush on one side, and square on the other.
1850 Chubb's Locks & Keys 32 The bellies of the tumblers in Mr. Chubb's lock were always flush, or in the same plane.
1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding x. 180 The edges of the strakes of plating were fitted against one another, and the flush-joints thus formed were covered by internal edge-strips.
1883 W. C. Russell Sailors' Lang. Flush-up, said of a cargo that comes up to a level with the hatches.
1884 Birmingham Daily Post 23 Feb. 3/4 Jeweller's Setter.—Wanted, a good Hand, used to flush work.
1885 Spons' Mechanics' Own Bk. 379 When it [sc. a piece of copebead stuff] lies close in the cheek, and also close at the mitres, it receives a little glue, and is nailed on with ¾-in. fine brads, 3 or 4 to each. These are punched below the flush.
1885 J. Grant Royal Highlanders iii. 32 The original castle..starts flush from the edge of the rock.
1892 Pall Mall Gaz. 13 Jan. 2/3 Flush work, which is the elementary work of our trade [bookbinding].
1937 W. Rose Village Carpenter iv. 42 The outside doors to the ordinary house were made to the still well-known orders of ‘bead and butt’ or ‘bead and flush’.
c. Of a vessel's deck: Continued on one level from stem to stern. Also flush fore and aft.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > parts of vessels > part of vessel above water > [adjective] > types of deck
flush1626
lower deck1709
cambering1758
1626 J. Smith Accidence Young Sea-men 11 A flush decke.
1790 Coll. Voy. round World VI. xx. 2216 The decks, fore and aft, being finished flush, had no covering for men or officers.
1840 R. H. Dana Two Years before Mast xxii. 66 Her decks were..flush fore and aft.
1933 Jane's Fighting Ships 527 Note raised C.T. [conning tower] and flush deck forward.
1940 Illustr. London News 197 359 (caption) The structure of an American ‘flush-deck’ destroyer, typical of the 50 transferred to Great Britain.
d. Of a vessel: Having no erection above the flush deck.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [adjective] > having deck(s) > having specific type of decks or superstructure
race-built1622
flush1800
pooped1849
spar-decked1877
well-decked1880
turtle-backed1889
whaleback1891
shade-decked1902
1800 Naval Chron. 3 294 The Danae is a flush vessel; the Captain's cabin is therefore below.
1834 F. Marryat Peter Simple II. xv. 266 I recollect faring harder than this through one cruize, in a flush vessel.
e. Typography. Not indented or protruding.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > printing > types, blocks, or plates > relating to type > composed type > [adjective] > flush or not indented
flush1900
unindented1903
1900 H. Hart Cent. Typogr. 139/2 The ascending letters are cut flush at the top of the body.
1961 T. Landau Encycl. Librarianship (ed. 2) 144/1 Flush, ‘even with’, i.e. the left margin.
6. Pugilism. Of a blow: Direct, full on the mark, ‘straight from the shoulder’.
ΘΚΠ
the world > action or operation > manner of action > effort or exertion > [adjective] > exerting the utmost force
fullc1515
flush1812
society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > fighting sports > boxing > [adjective] > specific type of blow
round1790
flush1812
sidewinding1848
knock-out1898
roundhouse1907
K.O.1922
1812 Sporting Mag. 39 18 He planted some dextrous flush hits.
1826 H. N. Coleridge Six Months W. Indies 161 Audain..knocked him down with a flush hit on the nose.

Compounds

C1. In parasynthetic adjectives.
a.
flush-coloured adj. (See sense 1b.)
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [adjective] > of face
redOE
ruddyc1225
flush-coloured1748
1748 S. Richardson Clarissa VI. xvii. 46 Lying upon a couch..bloated, and flush-coloured.
b. (See sense 4.)
flush-decked adj.
ΚΠ
1883 J. D. J. Kelly in Harper's Mag. Aug. 450/2 The flush-decked..well~ventilated deep boat.
flush-jointed adj.
ΚΠ
1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding x. 180 In all succeeding arrangements, the butts of the plates were flush-jointed.
flush-plated adj.
ΚΠ
1869 E. J. Reed Shipbuilding x. 185 The unprotected parts of the later iron-clads above the armour-belts are flush-plated.
C2.
flush-binder n. one who cuts the pages of a book flush with the cover; so flush hand.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > book > manufacture or production of books > book-binding > bookbinder > [noun] > worker performing specific process
clasp-man1619
clasp-maker1664
gatherer1683
stitcher1805
book-edge gilder1823
tooler1834
marbler1835
book marbler1843
paper marbler1863
forwarder1870
cropper?1881
flush-binder?1881
inlayer1881
boarder1882
filleter1884
clasper1885
placer1902
?1881 Census Eng. & Wales: Instr. Clerks classifying Occupations & Ages (?1885) Index Flush binder.
1902 Daily Chron. 28 Apr. 11/4 Flush Binders wanted, used to piece work.
1904 Daily Chron. 12 Jan. 10/6 Flush Hands wanted.
1921 Dict. Occup. Terms (1927) §532 Binder, flush; glues up books and affixes boards;..cuts book flush with edge of cover at top, bottom and fore-edge, by hand or power-operated guillotine.
flush-box n. each of a series of iron boxes placed at intervals along an underground electric conduit system, through which the wires are drawn.
ΚΠ
1876 W. H. Preece & J. Sivewright Telegraphy 231 The name flush box was given to these from their being laid level with the surface of the ground.
flush-decker n. a flush-decked ship.
ΘΚΠ
society > travel > travel by water > vessel, ship, or boat > vessel of specific construction or shape > [noun] > having specific number or type of decks
forestage ship?1345
three-decker1789
two-decker1834
half-decker1872
well-decker1882
spar-decker1893
flush-decker1937
1937 Jane's Fighting Ships 505 United States..boats by various yards (Flush Deckers).
1957 Jane's Fighting Ships 285 In 1953–54 were modernised by Canada for submarine warfare and converted to flush-deckers.
flush ring n. (see quot. 19671).
ΘΚΠ
society > occupation and work > equipment > tool > parts of tools generally > [noun] > handle > round
bail1463
bulle1483
boul1560
bow1611
loop1691
button1780
cob-handle1873
swing-handle1891
flush ring1961
1961 Webster's 3rd New Internat. Dict. Eng. Lang. Flush ring.
1967 Gloss. Terms Builders' Hardware (B.S.I.) iv. 13 Flush ring, a flush handle consisting of a metal ring lying in a circular recess in a mounting plate.
1967 Gloss. Terms Builders' Hardware (B.S.I.) iii. 8 Flush ring catch (showcase catch), a flush fitting catch having a spring bolt withdrawn by lifting a ring shaped handle from a recess in the body of the catch.
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flushadj.2

Brit. /flʌʃ/, U.S. /fləʃ/
Etymology: < flush n.3
Cards.
1.
†a. Of a player: Holding a flush, i.e. cards all of the same colour or suit (obsolete).
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > [adjective] > attributes of player
flush1591
strong1626
high1846
trickless1927
short-suited1935
1591 J. Florio Second Frutes 71 I was neither flush nor fiue and fiftie yet.
a1612 J. Harington Epigrams (1618) ii. 99 Crassus stopt a Club, and so was flush.
b. Of a hand or sequence: Forming or including a flush.
ΘΚΠ
society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > card game > card or cards > [adjective] > combinations of cards
flush1883
1883 Longman's Mag. Sept. 499 A flush sequence..a sequence of high cards all of the same suit.
2. transferred (nonce-use). Of corresponding quality throughout.
ΚΠ
a1658 J. Cleveland Young Man to Old Woman 33 I love to wear Clothes that are flush, Not prefacing old Rags with Plush.
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flushadj.3

Brit. /flʌʃ/, U.S. /fləʃ/
Etymology: Of obscure etymology; perhaps an altered form of *fludge , a possible dialectal representative of Old English flycge fledge adj. (compare cudgel from Old English cycgel ; the form may be due to the influence of flush v.1
Obsolete exc. dialect.
= fledge adj.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > fledged
fledge1398
full-feathered1533
flush1561
full-fledged1579
1561 T. Hoby tr. B. Castiglione Courtyer iv. sig. Xx.ii Suche as come to thys loue, are lyke yonge Birdes almost flushe.
1599 A. M. tr. O. Gaebelkhover Bk. Physicke 80/2 When as they [swollowes] are fetherede, and allmost flushe.
1622 J. Mabbe tr. M. Alemán Rogue i. iii. ii. 196 Then are they..like birds that are flush, to forsake the nest.
1825 J. Britton Beauties Wilts. III. 373 Flush, fledged.
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flushv.1

Brit. /flʌʃ/, U.S. /fləʃ/
Etymology: perhaps onomatopoeic; with initial fl- suggested by fly , flutter , etc., and an ending imitative of the sound of a swift sudden flight; compare rush . (Some dialects have flusk : see flusker v.)
1.
a. intransitive. To fly up quickly and suddenly; to start up and fly away. †Also, to flutter, to fly with fluttering wings. transferred. Of a door: to fly open.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > by locomotion > locomotion of animals > [verb (intransitive)] > fly
flusha1300
soarc1384
fly1480
flitter1483
flit1535
fleck1567
flirt1582
wagtail1606
waft1682
to take to wing1693
flaffer17..
to take (its, etc.) wing1807
skirl1859
the world > space > relative position > condition of being open or not closed > become open [verb (intransitive)] > spring or burst open
flusha1300
unspringa1400
leap1477
to break up1528
burst1590
fly1633
the world > animals > birds > flight > [verb (intransitive)] > become airborne > quickly and suddenly
flusha1300
a1300 K. Horn 1080 Horn the wyket puste, That hit open fluste.
a1300 Floriz & Bl. 473 Þer fliste ut a buterfliȝe.
1399 W. Langland Richard Redeles ii. 166 Þe blernyed boynard..Made þe ffawcon to ffloter and fflussh ffor anger.1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. M.iv Flushing loud she flappes her winges.1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 11 Se wel yoonder swans twelue in coompany flusshing.a1637 B. Jonson Masque of Owles 78 in Wks. (1640) III I make 'em to flush Each Owle out of his bush.1774 Ann. Reg. 1773 Poetry 233 Another bird, just flushing at the sound, Scarce tops the fence.1876 Forest & Stream 13 July 376/1 The spot from which the first [a woodcock] had flushed.
†b. transitive. To flutter (the wings). Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (transitive)] > flap or flutter wings
wag1496
flush1558
flap1567
buska1774
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos v. sig. N.iv Of the stroke the bird afraied, Did flickring flush her winges.
2.
a. transitive. To cause to fly or take wing; to put up, start; also with up.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > hunting > fowling > hunt birds [verb (transitive)] > cause birds to rise
flush1450
to set up1496
spring1531
to tread up1808
walk1847
1450 Bk. Hawkyng in T. Wright & J. O. Halliwell Reliquiæ Antiquæ (1845) I. 297 Lete the spanyell flusch up the covey.
a1698 C. Morton Enquiry in Harleian Misc. (1810) V. 503 When they are flushed, or raised to the wing.
1772 D. Barrington in Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 62 309 When~ever a woodcock..is flushed, he is roused from his sleep by the spaniel or sportsman.
1872 C. Innes Lect. Sc. Legal Antiq. ii. 65 A mirror for flushing larks as still used in Italy.
absolute.1888 Times 15 Nov. 11/3 Pat Regan's hay and oats were thrown down because his sons flushed for Sir H. Burke.
b. transferred and figurative. To reveal; to bring into the open; to drive out.
ΘΚΠ
society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > disclose or reveal [verb (transitive)]
unwryc825
unhelec1000
to draw forthc1175
unhillc1200
to bring forth?c1225
unsteekc1250
let witc1275
uncovera1300
wraya1300
knowc1300
barea1325
shrivec1374
unwrapc1374
again-covera1382
nakena1382
outc1390
tellc1390
disclosea1393
cough1393
unhidea1400
unclosec1400
unhaspc1400
bewrayc1405
reveal1409
accusea1413
reveil1424
unlocka1425
unrekec1425
disclude?1440
uncurec1440
utter1444
detect1447
break1463
expose1483
divinec1500
revelate1514
to bring (also put) to light1526
decipher1529
rake1547
rip1549
unshadow1550
to lay to sight1563
uppen1565
unlace1567
unvisor?1571
resign1572
uncloak1574
disshroud1577
spill1577
reap1578
unrip1579
scour1585
unharboura1586
unmask1586
uncase1587
descrya1591
unclasp?1592
unrive1592
discover1594
unburden1594
untomb1594
unhusk1596
dismask1598
to open upc1600
untruss1600
divulge1602
unshale1606
unbrace1607
unveil1609
rave1610
disveil1611
unface1611
unsecret1612
unvizard1620
to open up1624
uncurtain1628
unscreen1628
unbare1630
disenvelop1632
unclothe1632
to lay forth1633
unshroud1633
unmuffle1637
midwife1638
dissecret1640
unseal1640
unmantle1643
to fetch out1644
undisguise1655
disvelop1658
decorticate1660
clash1667
exert1692
disinter1711
to up with1715
unbundlea1739
develop1741
disembosom1745
to open out1814
to let out1833
unsack1846
uncrown1849
to bring (out) in (also into) the open1861
unfrock1866
disbosom1868
to blow the lid off1928
flush1950
surface1955
to take or pull the wraps off1964
1950 R. Macaulay World my Wilderness xvi. 194 The policeman..turned back to assist his colleagues in flushing Barbary, so mysteriously gone to earth.
1958 Spectator 1 Aug. 176/1 After being flushed from his rural retreat in England by an unfortunate affair with a literary horsewoman, he [etc.].
1971 Scope (S. Afr.) 19 Mar. 22/1 When we flushed them out of the old city of Jerusalem..we really knew fear.
†3. intransitive. Of persons: To rush like birds on the wing; to flock, swarm; also with in, out. Obsolete.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly and violently > of people in a body
flusha1500
stampede1849
a1500 (?c1450) Merlin xx. 330 All the x wardes of the kynge leodogan were flusshed to the standerd.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 32 After them whole flockes of interpretours flusht in.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 292 b Neyther had..so many swarmes of Heretickes flusht abroad.
1642 H. More Ψυχωδια Platonica sig. G6v They straight flush out and her drad voice obey: Each shape each life doth leapen out full light.

Derivatives

ˈflushing n. a fluttering of the wings; a rustling rushing noise.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > rustling
whisping1379
rustlinga1387
flushinga1398
ruffling1440
stichling?1553
brustling1589
rustle1624
rash1671
titter1853
fidget1860
gush1866
reesle1866
frou-frou1870
silking1871
the world > animals > birds > flight > [noun] > flap or flutter
flickeringc1440
bating1486
flushing1582
flurr1651
clapping1726
flacking1844
a1398 J. Trevisa tr. Bartholomaeus Anglicus De Proprietatibus Rerum (BL Add. 27944) (1975) II. xviii. i. 1101 Fisshe..huyreþ..for he fleeþ and voydeþ flusshynge and noyse.
c1420 Pallad. on Husb. i. 628 A shuddering, a flusshing and affray He maketh thenne.
1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis iii. 51 With a suddeyn flusshing thee gulligut harpeys From mountayns flitter.
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flushv.2

Brit. /flʌʃ/, U.S. /fləʃ/
Etymology: Of uncertain etymology. Perhaps originally identical with flush v.1, the notion of ‘sudden movement’ being common to the two verbs. But the development of meaning appears to have been influenced by phonetic association with flash v.2 (nearly all the senses of which have passed over to this verb, either unchanged or with modifications traceable to the echoism of the differing vowel), while the senses relating to colour have been affected by association with blush . It is doubtful whether there has been any influence from French flux (see flux n.) or fluiss-, fluir to flow (whence the Dutch fluissen to flow violently).
I. Expressing sudden movement, esp. of a liquid.
1. intransitive. To rush out suddenly or copiously, to spurt; to flow with force or violence; also with forth, out, over, up. Said esp. of liquids, a river, etc., but also of immaterial things and figurative.
ΘΚΠ
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going or coming out > go or come out [verb (intransitive)] > suddenly
springeOE
outleaplOE
outspring?a1200
loukc1275
start?1316
bursta1325
to start outa1382
out-braida1400
sprentc1400
thringa1500
flush1548
flunge1582
protrude1626
explode1840
flounce1865
plunge1891
dartle1893
the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > flow [verb (intransitive)] > flow out or well up > suddenly or violently
flush1548
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (intransitive)] > copiously
wallc893
bolkena1300
railc1390
gush?a1400
hella1400
walterc1400
yraylle1426
downpoura1522
pour1538
bolk1541
flush1548
sluice1593
teem1753
flux1823
swill1884
1548 Hall's Vnion: Henry IV f. xviiiv A..furious storme sodainely flusshed and drowned. xii. of his great shippes.
1567 T. Drant tr. Horace Pistles in tr. Horace Arte of Poetrie sig. Evj Wine..that will flushe Into my mynde, and vaines.
1581 J. Bell tr. W. Haddon & J. Foxe Against Jerome Osorius 221 From hence flush out all these fluddes of complaints.
1624 H. Mason New Art of Lying ii. 35 The..Well-head, whence first flushed forth this muddy Nylus.
a1627 J. Fletcher & T. Middleton Nice Valour iii. ii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. Uuu2v/1 O your crush'd nostrils slakes your opilation And makes your pent powers flush to wholsome sneezes.
1661 W. Nicholson Plain Expos. Catech. (new ed.) Ep. Ded. sig. a More will flush over and be lost, than powred into the Vessel.
1691 J. Ray Wisdom of God 29 Milk..being heated to such a Degree doth suddenly..flush up and run over the Vessel.
1707 J. Mortimer Whole Art Husbandry 574 It [Beer] flushes violently out of the Cock for about a Quart.
1855 R. C. Singleton tr. Virgil Aeneid i, in tr. Virgil Wks. I. 237 It flushes through nine mouths, a broken sea.
2.
a. To cause (water) to flow; to draw off; to draw off water from (a pond).
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > liquid > action or process of extracting > extract liquid [verb (transitive)] > draw off water from
flush1594
the world > matter > liquid > liquid flow > action or process of flowing > flow [verb (transitive)] > make or allow (to) flow
draw1379
flow1413
unsluice1611
flush1815
tide1861
unsiphon1878
1594 T. Nashe Vnfortunate Traveller sig. I4v If..those ponds were so full they need to bee fluste or let out.
1815 Pocklington Canal Act 35 If any person shall..cause to be flushed or drawn off any water.
†b. To burst out with, pour out suddenly.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > passion > be or become affected with passion [verb (intransitive)] > (be ready to) burst out
anburstc1275
boilc1386
to fly outc1400
flamea1591
flush1601
overboil1611
burst1633
bust1705
outblazea1711
explode1834
1601 A. Dent Plaine Mans Path-way to Heauen 159 He will flush out some of these [oathes] in his ordinary speech.
1642 R. Baker tr. V. Malvezzi Disc. upon Tacitus 166 He after makes his greedinesse of blood appeare the more, by flushing it out all at once.
3.
a. To cleanse (a drain, etc.); to drive away (an obstacle) by means of a rush of water.
ΘΚΠ
the world > physical sensation > cleanness and dirtiness > clearing of refuse matter > clear of refuse [verb (transitive)] > clear drain
scour1412
flush1789
plonging1851
rod1897
the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action of flushing or swilling > flush or swill [verb (intransitive)]
swill1647
flush1789
the world > movement > motion in a certain direction > going away > causing to go away > command to go away [verb (transitive)] > drive away > by a rush of water
flush1789
the world > matter > liquid > condition of being or making wet > action of flushing or swilling > flush or swill [verb (transitive)]
swillc725
berinsea1618
sluice1755
flush1862
sloush1889
slooshy1907
sloosh1912
1789 Trans. Soc. Arts 7 59 Paddles..are drawn up by screws, to flush away any obstacle.
1862 M. Hopkins Hawaii 32 Rains..play their part in flushing streets.
1871 G. H. Napheys Prevention & Cure Dis. i. v. 141 Sewer pipes should be flushed from time to time.
absolute.1850 R. Netherway Suggest. Drainage London 4 This would entirely dispense with the necessity of flushing.figurative and in extended use.1861 A. Wynter Our Social Bees 277 The hot-air bath flushes the external sewers of the body.1880 L. S. Beale Slight Ailm. 173 The alimentary canal is thoroughly flushed in every part.1884 W. E. Henley & R. L. Stevenson Admiral Guinea i. viii Flush out your sins with tears.
b. To inundate (a meadow).
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > farming > farm > farmland > grassland > provide pasture [verb (transitive)] > inundate (a meadow)
flush1861
1861 T. Hughes Tom Brown at Oxf. III. iii. 55 Another considerable body of water..had been carried off..to flush the water meadows.
4. intransitive. Of a plant: To send out shoots; to shoot. Also transitive in causative sense.
ΘΚΠ
the world > plants > by growth or development > grow or vegetate [verb (intransitive)] > sprout or put forth new growth
spriteOE
wrideOE
brodc1175
comea1225
spirec1325
chicka1400
sprouta1400
germin?1440
germ1483
chip?a1500
spurgea1500
to put forth1530
shootc1560
spear1570
stock1574
chit1601
breward1609
pullulate1618
ysproutc1620
egerminate1623
put1623
germinate1626
sprent1647
fruticate1657
stalk1666
tiller1677
breerc1700
fork1707
to put out1731
stool1770
sucker1802
stir1843
push1855
braird1865
fibre1869
flush1877
the world > plants > by growth or development > grow, sprout, or bear fruit [verb (transitive)] > sprout or put forth new growth
cast1340
burgeon1382
shoot1526
sprit1559
sprout1574
to put forth1592
to cast forth1611
to put out1614
emit1660
push1676
tiller1677
to throw out1733
to throw up1735
tillerate1762
flush1877
1810 [implied in: W. Scott Lady of Lake iii. 118 Our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest. (at flushing n.1 1c)].
1877 E. Peacock Gloss. Words Manley & Corringham, Lincs. Flush, to make to grow. ‘This sup o' rain hes flush't th' gress nistly.’
1893 Cornhill Mag. Nov. 543 The frequent showers..‘flush’ the tea about every fortnight.
1893 Chambers's Jrnl. 7 Oct. 629/2 The [tea] plants flush, or throw out fresh shoots, all the year round.
5. intransitive. ‘To become fluxed or fluid’ ( Cent. Dict.).
ΚΠ
1885 E. S. Farrow Mil. Encycl. at Brazing The solder flushes or becomes liquid enough to permeate the joint or crevice.
II. With reference to light or colour.
6. intransitive.
†a. To emit light or sparks suddenly.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > flash
lash13..
gliffa1400
flashc1540
wink1605
flush1646
bicker1667
outflasha1856
strobe1977
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. v. 90 Camphire though it flame well, yet will not flush so lively. View more context for this quotation
1646 Sir T. Browne Pseudodoxia Epidemica ii. v. 90 Thus in the preparation of Crocus Metallorum, the matter kindleth and flusheth like Gunpowder. View more context for this quotation
b. To glow with sudden brilliance. Cf. flash v.1 5 and 7.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > light > light emitted in particular manner > [verb (intransitive)] > glow or shine as if on fire
glowc1000
flamec1400
gloomc1420
burn1423
flare1633
kindle1797
flush1809
bloom1860
1809 T. Campbell Gertrude of Wyoming ii. xxv Here and there, a solitary star Flush'd in the darkening firmament of June.
1842 Ld. Tennyson Locksley Hall in Poems (new ed.) II. 94 A colour and a light, As I have seen the rosy red flushing in the northern night.
1874 F. W. Farrar Silence & Voices of God ii. 46 The sunrise of its first day flushed over the manger.
7. Of the blood, etc.: To come with a rush, producing a heightened colour. Cf. sense 2 and flash v.1 9.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > vascular system > circulation > circulate [verb (intransitive)] > come with a rush
flush1667
1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 887 In her Cheek distemper flushing glowd. View more context for this quotation
1677 J. Dryden State Innocence v. i. 34 What means..That blood, which flushes guilty in your face?
1708 N. Rowe Royal Convert iv. i A burning Purple flushes o'er my Face.
1813 Ld. Byron Bride Abydos i. xiii. 397 What fever in thy veins is flushing?
1849 A. H. Clough Poems & Prose Remains (1869) II. 36 The mantling blood to her cheek Flushed-up.
1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. xiii. 202 The blood flushed in Eliza's pale face.
8. Of the face, etc.: to become suffused with warm colour; to become suddenly red or hot; to ‘colour up’, redden, blush. Also with up or with adjective complement.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [verb (intransitive)] > blush
redOE
rudOE
glowc1386
blushc1450
colour1616
paint1631
reddena1648
vermilion1699
mantle1707
flush1709
crimson1780
rouge1780
ruddy1845
smoke1862
mount1894
rose1922
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 33. ⁋7 My Lord passes by; I flushed in a flame.
1769 W. Buchan Domest. Med. ii. 209 The face generally flushes after eating.
1851 D. Jerrold St. Giles & St. James (new ed.) x, in Writings I. 102 His face flushed red as flame.
1869 W. H. Dixon Tower I. x. 96 Henry flushed into rage.
1890 W. Besant Demoniac iv. 45 George flushed up; but he restrained himself.
quasi-transitive.1730 J. Thomson Autumn in Seasons 138 Her rising beauties flush'd a higher bloom.
9.
a. transitive. To make red or ruddy; to cause to blush or glow.
ΘΚΠ
the world > life > the body > skin > complexion > redness > [verb (transitive)] > blush
emblooma1529
staina1547
blush1592
gilda1616
flush1697
overflush1811
colour1824
1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Pastorals x, in tr. Virgil Wks. 46 Thy own Apollo came. Flush'd were his Cheeks.
1731 A. Hill Advice to Poets i The Low Muse who lends Her feeble Fire, To flush pale Spleen.
1785 W. Cowper Tirocinium in Task 833 Flushed with drunkenness. View more context for this quotation
1834 T. Medwin Angler in Wales I. 138 I had left my home young..flushed with health.
1873 W. Black Princess of Thule xvii. 277 A face flushed with shame.
b. In wider sense: To suffuse or adorn with glowing colour.
ΘΚΠ
the world > matter > colour > colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > colour brightly
illustrate1592
flush1746
flamboyantize1857
1746–7 J. Hervey Refl. Flower Garden 62 They [tulips] flush the Parterre with one of the gayest Dresses that blooming Nature wears.
1821 J. Clare Village Minstrel II. 69 Straying beams..In copper-coloured patches flush the sky.
1889 J. R. Lowell Latest Ess. (1892) 83 A meadow flushed with primroses.
10. To inflame with pride or passion; to animate, encourage; also with up; rarely, †to initiate in. Cf. flesh v. 2c, which has influenced the sense.
ΘΚΠ
the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > initiate [verb (transitive)]
beginc1175
baptizec1384
to set a (on) broachc1440
open1471
to set abroachc1475
entame1477
to set afloat1559
initiate1604
first1607
principiate1613
to set afoot or on foot1615
unclap1621
inchoatea1631
flush1633
to set on1638
principatec1650
rudiment1654
auspicate1660
embryonate1666
to strike up1711
start1723
institutea1797
float1833
spark1912
the mind > emotion > excitement > exciting > excite [verb (transitive)]
astirc1000
stir?c1225
araisec1374
entalentc1374
flamec1380
reara1382
raisec1384
commove1393
kindlea1400
fluster1422
esmove1474
talent1486
heavec1540
erect?1555
inflame1560
to set on gog1560
yark1565
tickle1567
flesh1573
concitate1574
rouse1574
warmc1580
agitate1587
spirit1598
suscitate1598
fermentate1599
nettle1599
startle1602
worka1616
exagitate1621
foment1621
flush1633
exacuatea1637
ferment1667
to work up1681
pique1697
electrify1748
rattle1781
pump1791
to touch up1796
excite1821
to key up1835
to steam up1909
jazz1916
steam1922
volt1930
whee1949
to fire up1976
geek1984
the mind > emotion > courage > encouragement > encourage or embolden [verb (transitive)]
hearteOE
bieldc897
hardenc1175
elnea1225
hardyc1225
boldc1275
hardishc1325
endurec1384
assurec1386
emboldc1400
recomfortc1405
enharda1450
support1479
enhardy1483
animatec1487
encourage1490
emboldishc1503
hearten1524
bolden1526
spright1531
raise1533
accourage1534
enheart1545
to hearten on1555
hearten?1556
alacriate1560
bespirit1574
bebrave1576
to put in heart1579
to hearten up1580
embolden1583
bravea1593
enhearten1610
inspiritc1610
rehearten1611
blood1622
mana1625
valiant1628
flush1633
firm1639
buoy1645
embrave1648
reinhearten1652
reanimate1655
reinspirit1660
to give mettle to1689
warm1697
to lift (up) a person's spirits1711
reman1715
to make a man of1722
respirit1725
elate1726
to cocker up1762
enharden1779
nerve1799
boost1815
brace1816
high-mettle1831
braven1865
brazen1884
the mind > emotion > passion > ardour or fervour > ardent or fervent [verb (transitive)] > inflame (with) passion
annealeOE
ontendeOE
anheatOE
atend1006
tindc1175
firec1225
heat?c1225
inlowa1300
inflamea1340
eschaufec1374
flamec1380
kindlec1390
chafe1393
achafea1400
to set a firec1400
lighta1413
incense1435
scaldc1480
embrase1483
incend?1504
to set on fire?1526
enkindle1561
enfire1596
flush1633
boil1649
calenturea1657
infirea1661
the mind > emotion > pride > take pride in [verb (transitive)] > make proud or fill with pride > inflame with pride
flush1633
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 6) 624 This so flesheth and flusheth her, that she thinks no more of God.
1668 J. Dryden Secret-love i. i. 2 But once or twice onely, till I am a little flush'd in my acquaintance with other Ladies, and have learn'd to prey for my self.
1713 J. Addison Cato i. ii Armies flush'd with conquest.
1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 150 This [sc. success] flushes him up.
1743 S. Johnson Deb. Senate Lilliput in Gentleman's Mag. May 243 They..who have flushed their new Authority by a Motion which was never projected.
1790 E. Burke Refl. Revol. in France 224 Flushed with the insolence of their first inglorious victories. View more context for this quotation
1867 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest I. iv. 207 Flushed with success, they entered the Norman Duchy.
11. transitive. To fatten up (sheep); to stimulate (ewes) with generous diet at the breeding season.
ΘΚΠ
the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > feeding animals > [verb (transitive)] > fatten sheep or lambs
flush1764
turnip1799
to make off1851
the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > sheep-farming > rear sheep or wool [verb (transitive)] > fatten
flush1764
to make off1851
1764 Museum Rusticum (1765) 3 xxxiii. 148 I had a fine piece of turneps, with which I intended to flush up five score sheep.
1886 C. Scott Pract. Sheep-farming 74 Nor is this the only evil of ‘flushing’ the ewes when they are put to the rams. From actual test we are convinced that ewes which have been flushed one year are never so prolific the next.
1923 Discovery Sept. 243/2 Many flockmasters..practised the methods of ‘flushing’ or artificially stimulating their ewes by means of an extra supply of special food at the approach of the ‘tupping’..season.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

flushv.3

Brit. /flʌʃ/, U.S. /fləʃ/
Etymology: < flush adj.1 5.
1. transitive. To make flush or level; to fill in (a joint) level with the surface; to ‘point’. Also with up.
ΚΠ
1842 J. Gwilt Encycl. Archit. Gloss. 974 Flush, to leave no vacant space where the stones or bricks do not nicely fit in their places.
1883 H. S. Drinker Tunnelling in M. Eissler Mod. High Explosives (1884) iii. i. 238 In driving a heading, particular care should be taken that unnecessary cost in flushing the clear profile does not arise.
1883 Specif. Alnwick & Cornhill Railway 3 The whole of the work is to be flushed up with mortar or cement.
2. Weaving.
a. transitive. To throw (a thread) on the surface over several threads without intersecting.
ΚΠ
1878 A. Barlow Hist. & Princ. Weaving 176 Two methods..for flushing or throwing the thread to form the tissue figure.
b. intransitive. To float over several threads without intersection. (See quot.).
ΚΠ
1878 A. Barlow Hist. & Princ. Weaving 175 The threads [in tissue-weaving]..float or flush upon the surface of the cloth rather than form a component part of its substance.

Derivatives

ˈflushing n. the action of the verb (sense 1); also concrete (sense 2), see quot.
ΚΠ
1859–60 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) Flushing..the operation of filling in the joints of brickwork or masonry with mortar.
1878 A. Barlow Hist. & Princ. Weaving Index Flushing, threads not required in the body of the cloth, and left loose on the surface.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flushv.4

Brit. /flʌʃ/, U.S. /fləʃ/
Etymology: ? variant of frush v.
transitive and intransitive. (See quots.)
ΚΠ
1859–60 Dict. Archit. (Archit. Publ. Soc.) (at cited word) Masons..say that a stone has flushed, where more or less of its arrised edge has broken away in consequence of that edge being more loaded than the rest of the bed.

Derivatives

ˈflushing n.
ΚΠ
1739 C. Labelye Short Acct. Piers Westm. Bridge 77 Chamfering the Joints hinders the flushing or breaking of the Edges of the Stones.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1897; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

flushadv.

Brit. /flʌʃ/, U.S. /fləʃ/
Etymology: < flush adj.1
†a. Directly, straight.
ΘΚΠ
the world > time > relative time > immediacy > [adverb]
soonc825
ratheeOE
rathelyeOE
rekeneOE
rekenlyOE
thereright971
anonOE
forth ona1000
coflyc1000
ferlyc1000
radlyOE
swiftlyc1000
unyoreOE
yareOE
at the forme (also first) wordOE
nowOE
shortlya1050
rightOE
here-rightlOE
right anonlOE
anonc1175
forthrightc1175
forthwithalc1175
skeetc1175
swithc1175
with and withc1175
anon-rightc1225
anon-rights?c1225
belivec1225
lightly?c1225
quickly?c1225
tidelyc1225
fastlyc1275
hastilyc1275
i-radlichec1275
as soon asc1290
aright1297
bedenea1300
in little wevea1300
withoute(n dwella1300
alrightc1300
as fast (as)c1300
at firstc1300
in placec1300
in the placec1300
mididonec1300
outrightc1300
prestc1300
streck13..
titec1300
without delayc1300
that stounds1303
rada1325
readya1325
apacec1325
albedenec1330
as (also also) titec1330
as blivec1330
as line rightc1330
as straight as linec1330
in anec1330
in presentc1330
newlyc1330
suddenlyc1330
titelyc1330
yernec1330
as soon1340
prestly1340
streckly1340
swithly?1370
evenlya1375
redelya1375
redlya1375
rifelya1375
yeplya1375
at one blastc1380
fresha1382
ripelyc1384
presentc1385
presently1385
without arrestc1385
readilyc1390
in the twinkling of a looka1393
derflya1400
forwhya1400
skeetlya1400
straighta1400
swifta1400
maintenantc1400
out of handc1400
wightc1400
at a startc1405
immediately1420
incontinent1425
there and then1428
onenec1429
forwithc1430
downright?a1439
agatec1440
at a tricec1440
right forth1440
withouten wonec1440
whipc1460
forthwith1461
undelayed1470
incessantly1472
at a momentc1475
right nowc1475
synec1475
incontinently1484
promptly1490
in the nonce?a1500
uncontinent1506
on (upon, in) the instant1509
in short1513
at a clap1519
by and by1526
straightway1526
at a twitch1528
at the first chop1528
maintenantly1528
on a tricea1529
with a tricec1530
at once1531
belively1532
straightwaysa1533
short days1533
undelayedly1534
fro hand1535
indelayedly1535
straight forth1536
betimesc1540
livelyc1540
upononc1540
suddenly1544
at one (or a) dash?1550
at (the) first dash?1550
instantly1552
forth of hand1564
upon the nines1568
on the nail1569
at (also in, with) a thoughtc1572
indilately1572
summarily1578
at one (a) chop1581
amain1587
straightwise1588
extempore1593
presto1598
upon the place1600
directly1604
instant1604
just now1606
with a siserary1607
promiscuously1609
at (in) one (an) instant1611
on (also upon) the momenta1616
at (formerly also on or upon) sight1617
hand to fist1634
fastisha1650
nextly1657
to rights1663
straightaway1663
slap1672
at first bolt1676
point-blank1679
in point1680
offhand1686
instanter1688
sonica1688
flush1701
like a thought1720
in a crack1725
momentary1725
bumbye1727
clacka1734
plumba1734
right away1734
momentarily1739
momentaneously1753
in a snap1768
right off1771
straight an end1778
abruptedly1784
in a whistle1784
slap-bang1785
bang?1795
right off the reel1798
in a whiff1800
in a flash1801
like a shot1809
momently1812
in a brace or couple of shakes1816
in a gird1825
(all) in a rush1829
in (also at, on) short (also quick) order1830
straightly1830
toot sweetc1830
in two twos1838
rectly1843
quick-stick1844
short metre1848
right1849
at the drop of a (occasionally the) hat1854
off the hooks1860
quicksticks1860
straight off1873
bang off1886
away1887
in quick sticks (also in a quick stick)1890
ek dum1895
tout de suite1895
bung1899
one time1899
prompt1910
yesterday1911
in two ups1934
presto changeo1946
now-now1966
presto change1987
1701 G. Farquhar Constant Couple (ed. 3) v. i. 42 This Girl is just come flush from reading the Rival-Queens!
b. Pugilism. With direct force or with full effect.
ΚΠ
1812 Sporting Mag. 39 139 Thorn..hitting his antagonist flush on the head right and left.
1888 Sporting Leader 15 Dec. Wilson..leading off, and getting the left flush on the face.
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