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flush 1       (flŭsh)  Pronunciation Key  v.   flushed, flush·ing, flush·es v.   intr. To turn red, as from fever, embarrassment, or strong emotion; blush. To glow, especially with a reddish color: The sky flushed pink at dawn. To flow suddenly and abundantly, as from containment; flood. To be emptied or cleaned by a rapid flow of water, as a toilet. v.   tr. To cause to redden or glow. To excite or elate: The team was flushed with the success of victory. To clean, rinse, or empty with a rapid flow of a liquid, especially water: flush a toilet; flush a wound with iodine. To remove or eliminate by or as if by flushing: "The weakness in demand and productivity will at least ... flush out some of the inflation premium that has been built into interest rates" (Fortune). n.   A flooding flow or rush, as of water. The act of cleaning or rinsing by or as if by flushing. A reddening of the skin, as with fever, emotion, or exertion. A brief sensation of heat over all or part of the body. A blush or glow: "here and there a flush of red on the lip of a little cloud" (Willa Cather). A reddening of the skin, as with fever, emotion, or exertion. A brief sensation of heat over all or part of the body. A rush of strong feeling: a flush of pride. A state of freshness or vigor. See Synonyms at bloom1. adj.   flush·er, flush·est Having a healthy reddish color; flushed. Having an abundant supply of money; affluent. See Synonyms at rich. Marked by abundance; plentiful: flush times resulting from the oil boom. Swelling; overflowing: rivers flush with the spring rains. Having surfaces in the same plane; even. Arranged with adjacent sides, surfaces, or edges close together: a sofa flush against the wall. See Synonyms at level. Printing Aligned evenly with a margin, as along the left or right edge of a typeset page; not indented. Direct, straightforward, or solid: knocked out by a flush blow to the jaw. Designed to be emptied or cleaned by flushing: a flush toilet. adv.   So as to be even, in one plane, or aligned with a margin. Squarely or solidly: The ball hit him flush on the face. [Probably from flush3, to dart out.] flush'er n., flush'ness n.

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flush 3       (flŭsh)  Pronunciation Key  v.   flushed, flush·ing, flush·es v.   tr. To frighten (a game bird, for example) from cover. To drive or force into the open: The police fired tear gas to flush out the terrorists. v.   intr. To dart out or fly from cover. n.   A bird or flock of birds that has been frightened from cover. [Middle English flusshen.]

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Flush·ing       (flŭsh'ĭng)  Pronunciation Key  A section of New York City in northern Queens on western Long Island. Flushing Meadow was the site of two world's fairs (1939-1940 and 1964-1965) and the temporary headquarters of the United Nations (1946-1949). See Vlissingen.

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Vlis·sing·en       (vlĭs'ĭng-ən)  Pronunciation Key  A city of southwest Netherlands on an island in the Scheldt estuary and the North Sea. Chartered in 1247, it was one of the first Dutch towns to rebel against Spain (1572). Population: 45,400.

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Flushing, NY Zip code(s): 11354, 11355, 11358, 11364, 11367, 11371

Flushing, MI (city, FIPS 29200) Location: 43.06487 N, 83.84164 W
Population (1990): 8542 (3370 housing units)
Area: 11.2 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 48433

Flushing, OH (village, FIPS 27552) Location: 40.14847 N, 81.06550 W
Population (1990): 1042 (447 housing units)
Area: 1.6 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
Zip code(s): 43977

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Flash"ing\, n. 1. (Engineering) The creation of an artifical flood by the sudden letting in of a body of water; -- called also flushing.

2. (Arch.) Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also, similar pieces used to cover the valleys of roofs of slate, shingles, or the like. By extension, the metal covering of ridges and hips of roofs; also, in the United States, the protecting of angles and breaks in walls of frame houses with waterproof material, tarred paper, or the like. Cf. Filleting.

3. (Glass Making) (a) The reheating of an article at the furnace aperture during manufacture to restore its plastic condition; esp., the reheating of a globe of crown glass to allow it to assume a flat shape as it is rotated. (b) A mode of covering transparent white glass with a film of colored glass. --Knight.

Flashing point (Chem.), that degree of temperature at which a volatile oil gives off vapor in sufficient quantity to burn, or flash, on the approach of a flame, used as a test of the comparative safety of oils, esp. kerosene; a flashing point of 100[deg] F. is regarded as a fairly safe standard. The burning point of the oil is usually from ten to thirty degree above the flashing point of its vapor.