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Definition of Flush down
1. Verb. Flow freely. "The body washed down the river"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Flush Down
Literary usage of Flush down
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Plumbing: A Text-book to the Practice of the Art Or Craft of the Plumber by William Paton Buchan (1902)
"In this closet the water-flush is in two portions, one, by means of the hollow
rim R allows the water to flow round and flush down the inside surface of the ..."
2. A Library of Poetry and Song: Being Choice Selections from the Best Poets by William Cullen Bryant (1872)
"To shake thy senate, and from height sublime Of patriot eloquence to flush down
fire Upon thy foes, was never meant my task : But I can feel thy fortunes, ..."
3. People from the Other World by Henry Steel Olcott (1875)
"... plastered when the house was built, rather coarse! i of the trowel being
plainly seen), flush down will which were perhaps 7 inches wide. ..."
4. The Mysteries of the Court of London by George William MacArthur Reynolds (1853)
"The wall comes flush down into the water " " Then how the deuce are we to get in ?"
demanded Mr. Gunthorpe. " Why, you see, sir, the river'« quite ..."
5. Journal of the Sanitary Institute by Sanitary Institute (Great Britain) (1899)
"The wc for W. and his men consists of a modern pedestal flush down closet with
a two-gallon syphon flushing cistern from an approved maker and is ventilated ..."
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