Flush (Flush), a.
1. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May. Shak. 2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
Lord Strut was not very flush in ready. Arbuthnot. 3. (Arch. & Mech.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous
surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint.
4. (Card Playing) Consisting of cards of one suit.
Flush bolt. (a) A screw bolt whose head is countersunk, so as to be flush with a surface. (b) A sliding
bolt let into the face or edge of a door, so as to be flush therewith. Flush deck. (Naut.) See under
Deck, n., 1. Flush tank, a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for flushing drainpipes, etc.
Flush (Flush) adv. So as to be level or even.
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