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Webster 1913 Edition


Flushing

Flush′ing

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Noun.
1.
A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy; – commonly in the [GREEK]
[Eng.]
2.
(Weaving)
A surface formed of floating threads.

Webster 1828 Edition


Flushing

FLUSH'ING

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ppr.
Overspreading with red; glowing.

FLUSH'ING

,
Noun.
A glow of red in the face.

Definition 2024


flushing

flushing

See also: Flushing

English

Verb

flushing

  1. present participle of flush
Derived terms

Noun

flushing (plural flushings)

  1. The act by which something is flushed.
    We tried to repair the toilet, but it broke again after two or three flushings.

Anagrams

Etymology 2

Named after the dated anglicized Dutch city name Flushing (Vlissingen) where the wool was made, from Dutch Vlissingen, further etymology is uncertain.

Noun

flushing (plural flushings)

  1. (Britain) A heavy, coarse cloth manufactured from shoddy.
  2. A surface formed of floating threads.