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<p><b>4.</b> <def>A sudden flood or rush of feeling; a thrill of excitement. animation, etc.; <as>as, a <ex>flush</ex> of joy</as>.</def>

<p><b>5.</b> <def>A flock of birds suddenly started up or flushed.</def>

<p><b>6.</b> <ety>[From F. or Sp. <ets>flux</ets>. Cf. <er>Flux</er>.]</ety> <def>A hand of cards of the same suit.</def><-- other than poker? -->

<h1>Flush</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flush</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.</def>

<blockquote>With all his crimes broad blown, as <b>flush</b> as May. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.</def>

<blockquote>Lord Strut was not very <b>flush</b> in ready. <i>Arbuthnot.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Arch. & Mech.)</fld> <def>Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; <as>as, a <ex>flush</ex> panel; a <ex>flush</ex> joint.</as></def>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Card Playing)</fld> <def>Consisting of cards of one suit.</def>

<cs><col>Flush bolt</col>. <sd>(a)</sd> <cd>A screw bolt whose head is countersunk, so as to be flush with a surface.</cd> <sd>(b)</sd> <cd>A sliding bolt let into the face or edge of a door, so as to be flush therewith.</cd> -- <col>Flush deck</col>. <fld>(Naut.)</fld> <cd>See under <er>Deck</er>, <tt>n.</tt>, 1.</cd> -- <col>Flush tank</col>, <cd>a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for flushing drainpipes, etc.</cd></cs>

<h1>Flush</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flush</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>So as to be level or even.</def>

<h1>Flushboard</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flush"board`</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Same as <er>Flashboard</er>.</def>

<h1>Flusher</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flush"er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Zo\'94l.)</fld> <def>The red-backed shrike. See <er>Flasher</er>.</def>

<h1>Flushing</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flush"ing</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; -- commonly in the <?/</def> <mark>[Eng.]</mark>

<p><b>2.</b> <fld>(Weaving)</fld> <def>A surface formed of floating threads.</def>

<h1>Flushingly</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flush"ing*ly</hw>, <tt>adv.</tt> <def>In a flushing manner.</def>

<h1>Flushness</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flush"ness</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The state of being flush; abundance.</def>

<h1>Fluster</h1> <Xpage=575>

<hw>Flus"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Flustered</er>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Flustering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Cf. Icel. <ets>flaustra</ets> to be flustered, <ets>flaustr</ets> a fluster.]</ety> <def>To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.</def>

<blockquote>His habit or <b>flustering</b> himself daily with claret. <i>Macaulay.</i></blockquote>