'Flush bolt' definitions:

Definition of 'Flush bolt'

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  • Flush \Flush\, a.
  • 1. Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright. [1913 Webster]
  • With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
  • 2. Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal. [1913 Webster]
  • Lord Strut was not very flush in ready. --Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster]
  • 3. (Arch. & Mech.) Unbroken or even in surface; on a level with the adjacent surface; forming a continuous surface; as, a flush panel; a flush joint. [1913 Webster]
  • 4. (Card Playing) Consisting of cards of one suit. [1913 Webster]
  • Flush bolt. (a) A screw bolt whose head is countersunk, so as to be flush with a surface. (b) A sliding bolt let into the face or edge of a door, so as to be flush therewith.
  • Flush deck. (Naut.) See under Deck, n., 1.
  • Flush tank, a water tank which can be emptied rapidly for flushing drainpipes, etc. [1913 Webster]