† flush-flashv.
Obsolete. rare.
intransitive. To flash repeatedly.
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the world > matter > light > naturally occurring light > emit beams (of a luminary) [verb (intransitive)] > flash lightning
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the world > the earth > weather and the atmosphere > weather > bad weather > thunder and lightning > [verb (intransitive)] > lighten > flash
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1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 3 Thee lightnings riflye doe flush flash.
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