Flush \Flush\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flushing.]

[Cf. OE. fluschen to fly up, penetrate, F. fluz a flowing, E. flux, dial. Sw. flossa to blaze, and E. flash; perh. influenced by blush. [root]84.]

1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the face.

The flushing noise of many waters. --Boyle.

It flushes violently out of the cock. --Mortimer.

2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.

3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow.

In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed. --Milton.

4. To start up suddenly; to take wing as a bird.

Flushing from one spray unto another. --W. Browne.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)