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Flush: Cleanse a muscle by increasing the blood supply to it, removing toxins left in muscle by exertion.

Flush X Pin: Expression to describe leaving a pin on a solid shot; i.e., I left a flush 8 pin.

Flush (Mounting): Mounting a speaker in such a way that the speaker and its Grill do not protrude above the surrounding surface. Usually, this means mounting it at the back of the baffle board (the board the . . . View Full Definition

Flushing Time: The time required to remove or re-duce (to a permissible concentration) any dissolved or suspended contaminant in an estuary or harbor.

Hectic Fever: A daily recurring fever with profound sweating, chills, and flushed appearance-- often associated with pulmonary tuberculosis or septic poisoning.

Purple Passage: Lines that stand out from a longer poem because of their vivid diction or figures of speech, and perhaps because of the agitated flush that rises in the face of someone trying to recite it.

Plucking: the process of harvesting the tea by cutting the flush from the growing tea shrub.

White: a special type of green tea. Distinguished by the presence of the white hairs of the tea flush (baihao) and a lighter green, almost clear, infusion.

T and G, Tongue And Groove: A joint made by a tongue (a rib on one edge of a board) that fits into a corresponding groove in the edge of another board to make a tight flush joint. Typically, the subfloor plywood is T & G.

Dimpling: a process that is used to indent the hole into which a flush rivet is to be installed.