3. Violent agitation; commotion; bustle; hurry. The racket and flurry of London. Blakw. Mag.
4. The violent spasms of a dying whale.
FLURRY
Flur"ry, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flurried; p. pr. & vb. n. Flurrying.]
Defn: To put in a state of agitation; to excite or alarm. H.
Swinburne.
FLURT
Flurt, n.
Defn: A flirt. [Obs.] Quarles.
FLUSH Flush, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Flushed; p. pr. & vb. n. Flushing.] Etym: [Cf. OE. fluschen to fly up, penetrate, F. fluz a flowing, E. flux, dial. Sw. flossa to blaze, and E. flash; perh. influenced by blush. *84.]
1. To flow and spread suddenly; to rush; as, blood flushes into the
face.
The flushing noise of many waters. Boyle.
It flushes violently out of the cock. Mortimer.
2. To become suddenly suffused, as the cheeks; to turn red; to blush.
3. To snow red; to shine suddenly; to glow. In her cheek, distemper flushing glowed. Milton.