Flushing from one spray unto another.
W. Browne.
Flush, v. t. 1. To cause to be full; to flood; to overflow; to
overwhelm with water; as, to flush the meadows; to flood for the
purpose of cleaning; as, to flush a sewer.
2. To cause the blood to rush into (the face); to put to the blush, or
to cause to glow with excitement.
Nor flush with shame the passing virgin's cheek.
Gay.
Sudden a thought came like a full-blown rose, Flushing his brow.
Keats.
3. To make suddenly or temporarily red or rosy, as if suffused with
blood.
How faintly flushed. how phantom fair, Was Monte Rosa, hanging
there!
Tennyson.