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.

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.


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