Flush

As when a Faulcon hath with nimble flight / Flowne at a flush of Ducks foreby the brooke […].

The dogs flushed the deer from the woods.

A covey of quail flushed from the undergrowth.

But then as little VVrens but nevvly fledge, / […] / His fellovv noting his agilitie, / Thinkes he as vvell may venter as the other, / So fluſhing from one ſpray vnto another, / Gets to the top, and then enbold'ned flies, / Vnto an height paſt ken of humane eyes: […]

The birds seem to lie very close and must be nearly stepped on before they will flush.

AWACS is survivable due to its ability to flush on warning, to maneuver at jet speeds, to maintain awareness of the developing air situation and to command weapons as appropriate, including weapons for its own defense.

Sand down the excess until it is flush with the surface.

He just got a bonus so he's flush today.

In 1952, Fawcett Books was flush with the unprecedented success of Women's Barracks.

With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May.

[H]e vvas not fluſh in Ready [i.e., ready money], either to go to Lavv or clear old Debts, neither could he find good Bail: […]

I landed flush on the couch.

in manner of a wave or flush

When I would kiss thy hand, / The flush of anger'd shame / O'erflows thy calmer glances, / And o'er black brows drops down / A sudden-curved frown: […]

the flush on the side of a peach; the flush on the clouds at sunset

Benefit’s cult product Benetint is the lip stain most widely associated with Popsicle lips. Its watery tint gives just the slightest hint of flush, befitting of lips (and nipples — Benetint’s original use was to tint the nipples of burlesque dancers).

a flush of joy

Flush the injury with plenty of water.

The damsel flushed at the scoundrel's suggestion.

She turned, laughing at the surprise, and flushing with pleasure.

Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek.

Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, / Flushing his brow, [...]

"Who plants a seed begets a bud, -- Extract of that same root; -- Why marvel at the hectic blood -- That flushes this wild fruit?"

to flush the meadows

such things as can only feed his pride and flush his ambition

Chill depths of the spirit are flushed to a fever, The nightmare silence is broken. We are not lost.

There must be somebody home: I just heard the toilet flushing.

flush to disk

Blood flushes into the face.

the flushing noise of many waters

In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed.

For this point onwards the land slopes gently until it becomes quite low lying, that is, tends to become a "flush" or bog.

The reason for a "green gair" or flush is the outflow of a spring, and a regular line of these springs may often be traced along a valley slope.

The pH in water of the hillside soils varied between 3.1 and 6.1 with a mean of 4.2. The pattern of pH variation is complex and does not clearly relate either to cultivation or occupation. The most consistent, though weak, correlation appears to be between higher pH and flushes or bogs, which indicates that the local groundwaters are comparatively basic.

Suddenly a way would open down into a flush or bog, even some extensive ones where snowfed springs rose, and so did Asiatic Golden Plover with their plangent cries, and calling from high circling; and I was home again.

The inland distribution of Plantago maritima in Ireland and Britain is … generally associated with base-rich soils or with flushes in more acidic upland soils. … Many of these inland sites are on uplands of both acidic and basic rock. … associated with calcareous, nutrient-poor flushes, …

Lowland heath Fen, marsh, and swamp / Upland flushes, fens, and swamps […] Flushes are gently sloping, often linear or triangle-shaped wetlands; they may include small watercourses.

[…] Not all the flushes are as basic as might be expected in basalt country, but they do support most of the sedges found in this habitat in the Hebrides. […] in peaty fushes both on Canna and Sanday […]