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From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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
.
6.
To
cause
to
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
.
To flush a joints
Masonry
,
to
fill
them
in
;
to
point
the
level
;
to
make
them
flush
.
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