flushing

[Named from the place of its manufacture.) A kind of woolen material made at Flushing, Holland. flush'-ing (1), pr. par., a. & 8. [FLUSH (1), v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As subst.: The act or state of becoming flushed; a flush; a redne . flush'-ing (2), pr. par., a. & s. [FLUSH (2), v.] A. & B. As pr. par. & particip. adj.: (See the verb.) C. As substantive: 1. Ord. Lang.: The act or proce of cleansing a drain by turning in a sudden and copious flow of water. 2. Weaving : A term applied to a thread which spans a number of other threads without intersection. Usually called Floating (q.v.). [TWILL.] flush-ing-ly, adv. [Eng. flushing (1); -ly.] In a flushing, reddening, or blushing manner. flush-ne , s. [Eng. flush; -ne .] The quality or state of being flush or flushed. flŭs-těr, v. t. & i. [Icel. flaustra =to be flustered; flaustr=fluster, hurry.] A. Trans.: To make hot or red in the face, as with drinking; to heat, to confuse, to muddle. B. In trans.: To become heated or flustered; to be in a state of heat or excitement. flŭs-tër, s. [FLUSTER, v.] Heat, excitement, bustle, confusion. flus-tra, s . [Lat.=the sea in its quiet state, a calm.] Zool: Sea-mat. A genus of Molluscoid a, cla Polyzoa, order Infundibulata, and family Eschar ide, if not itself the type of one (Flu stride). The species, and especially the common one, Flustra foliacea , are regarded by visitors to the coast as sea-weeds, which they somewhat resemble, but the frond, which is mat-like in color, is all dotted over with holes, each of which is inhabited by a polypide, or its offspring by gemmation, in one sense distinct yet still connected with the parent, like branches with the roots of a tree. They are found on our rocky shores abundantly. Numerous American species are known. IMG:content-1819.png:[blocks in formation]