The Collaborative International Dictionary
Flush \Flush\, a.
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Full of vigor; fresh; glowing; bright.
With all his crimes broad blown, as flush as May.
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Affluent; abounding; well furnished or suppled; hence, liberal; prodigal.
Lord Strut was not very flush in ready.
--Arbuthnot. (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.
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(Card Playing) Consisting of cards of one suit. Flush bolt.
A screw bolt whose head is countersunk, so as to be flush with a surface.
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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.
Deck \Deck\, n. [D. dek. See Deck, v.]
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The floorlike covering of the horizontal sections, or compartments, of a ship. Small vessels have only one deck; larger ships have two or three decks. Note: The following are the more common names of the decks of vessels having more than one. Berth deck (Navy), a deck next below the gun deck, where the hammocks of the crew are swung. Boiler deck (River Steamers), the deck on which the boilers are placed. Flush deck, any continuous, unbroken deck from stem to stern. Gun deck (Navy), a deck below the spar deck, on which the ship's guns are carried. If there are two gun decks, the upper one is called the main deck, the lower, the lower gun deck; if there are three, one is called the middle gun deck. Half-deck, that portion of the deck next below the spar deck which is between the mainmast and the cabin. Hurricane deck (River Steamers, etc.), the upper deck, usually a light deck, erected above the frame of the hull. Orlop deck, the deck or part of a deck where the cables are stowed, usually below the water line. Poop deck, the deck forming the roof of a poop or poop cabin, built on the upper deck and extending from the mizzenmast aft. Quarter-deck, the part of the upper deck abaft the mainmast, including the poop deck when there is one. Spar deck.
Same as the upper deck.
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Sometimes a light deck fitted over the upper deck.
Upper deck, the highest deck of the hull, extending from stem to stern.
(arch.) The upper part or top of a mansard roof or curb roof when made nearly flat.
(Railroad) The roof of a passenger car.
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A pack or set of playing cards.
The king was slyly fingered from the deck.
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A heap or store. [Obs.]
Who . . . hath such trinkets Ready in the deck.
--Massinger. (A["e]ronautics) A main a["e]roplane surface, esp. of a biplane or multiplane.
the portion of a bridge which serves as the roadway.
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a flat platform adjacent to a house, usually without a roof; -- it is typically used for relaxing out of doors, outdoor cooking, or entertaining guests.
Between decks. See under Between.
Deck bridge (Railroad Engineering), a bridge which carries the track upon the upper chords; -- distinguished from a through bridge, which carries the track upon the lower chords, between the girders.
Deck curb (Arch.), a curb supporting a deck in roof construction.
Deck floor (Arch.), a floor which serves also as a roof, as of a belfry or balcony.
Deck hand, a sailor hired to help on the vessel's deck, but not expected to go aloft.
Deck molding (Arch.), the molded finish of the edge of a deck, making the junction with the lower slope of the roof.
Deck roof (Arch.), a nearly flat roof which is not surmounted by parapet walls.
Deck transom (Shipbuilding), the transom into which the deck is framed.
To clear the decks (Naut.), to remove every unnecessary incumbrance in preparation for battle; to prepare for action.
To sweep the deck (Card Playing), to clear off all the stakes on the table by winning them.
Wikipedia
Flush deck is a term in naval architecture. It can refer to any deck of a ship which is continuous from stem to stern. It has two specific common referents:
- Flush deck aircraft carriers are those with no island superstructure, so that the top deck of the vessel consists of only an unbroken flight deck.
- "Flush deckers" is a common nickname for a series of American destroyers built in large quantities during or shortly after World War I – the Caldwell, Wickes, and Clemson classes – so called because they lacked the raised forecastle of preceding American destroyers, thus the main deck was a flush deck.
Usage examples of "flush deck".
The hull looked to be a medium-sized powerboat, a forty-footer, cut down to a flush deck.
But it was a flush deck cruiser, about 42 feet, twin screw, doubtless gas fueled.
Its flush deck, like all the chasse-marees decks, was an open sweep broken only by the three masts and the tiller by which two men stood.
Its flush deck, like all the chasse-marees` decks, was an open sweep broken only by the three masts and the tiller by which two men stood.
Suddenly an extra strong gust of wind heeled her right over so that the sharp wedge of the stem cut into the next crest at a much sharper angle, scooping solid water over the weather bow and sluicing it aft along the flush deck.
She was completely dismasted and already listing badly, but he could see the savage scars along her flush deck, the lolling corpses by her smashed and upended guns, and knew she had after all chosen not to remain an onlooker to the battle.
The one he and his men rested on had a flush deck from stem to stern, no projections anywhere.
So I growled at her to get her lamp going and bring her pin, and she came panting as I pushed through the chick-screen to the long main hold which ran the full length of the lorcha under its flush deck.
Taking care not to pant, he finished the climb with a flourish, springing onto the flush deck.
Looking forward from the poop rail along the narrow flush deck, it seemed to me the _Balliol College_ didn't carry much of a crew, for all her size, but I didn't have time to stop and stare, with Spring barking at me.