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A bird, especially a pheasant, which, being flushed, rises straight in the air like a rocket. [Eng.]

To render rose-colored; to redden; to flush. [Poetic] "A maid yet rosed over with the virgin crimson of modesty." Shak.

The quality or state of being rubescent; a reddening; a flush.

Having a flush deck, or with only a moderate depression amidships; -- said of a vessel.

tripod, for supporting a compass. -- Staff angle (Arch.), a square rod of wood standing flush with the wall on each of its sides, at the external angles of plastering, to prevent their being damaged. -- The staff of life, bread. "Bread is the staff of life." Swift. -- Staff tree (Bot.), any plant of the genus Celas…

ar sequence, as the ace, king, queen, jack, and ten-spot; as, a straight hand; a straight flush.

A rosy flush in the sky seen after sunset.

An automobile body which is built so that the side surfaces are flush. [Cant]

In carpentry, a strip of wood fastened over a flush seam or joint, or an angle, to strengthen it.