† outflushn.
Obsolete.
A sudden emergence of an emotion, etc., suggestive of blood suffusing the face.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > violent action or operation > [noun] > bursting violently from rest or restraint > instance of
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overboiling1767
irruption1811
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shooting forth1837
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Brock's benefit1948
1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus ii. ix, in Fraser's Mag. Apr. 448/1 An outflush of foolish young Enthusiasm.
1868 C. Lofft Ernest (ed. 2) v. 96 Thus Linsingen spake not When that outflush of warmth flooded his soul, But inly brooded all.
1878 ‘G. Eliot’ College Breakfast Party in Macmillan's Mag. July 178 The plant Holds its corolla, purple, delicate, Solely as outflush of that energy.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
† outflushv.
Obsolete. rare.
transitive. To surpass in rosiness or warmth of colour.
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the world > matter > colour > named colours > red or redness > surpass in redness [verb (transitive)]
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out-red1648
outflush1870
1870 E. Cook Wreaths in Poet. Wks. (1870) 100 One..who drinks and laughs Till his cheeks outflush the wine he quaffs.
1885 R. Bridges Eros & Psyche v. xxiii. 62 And now the colour of her pride and joy Outflushed the hue of Eros.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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