Dictionary - Definition of FLUSHER


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water.[Websters] 2. The red-backed shrike.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

"Flusher" is a common misspelling or typo for: flushed, fluster, flushers.

Date "Flusher" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: FLUSHER

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] The lesser butcher-bird.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Occupations	1: Controls equipment to displace water from damp pigments by introducing oil or other liquid into pigment: Shovels batch of damp pigment into tub and starts agitator. Turns valve to admit steam into jacket of tub to heat batch to specified temperature. Adds required quantity of liquid vehicle to displace water in pigment. Tilts tub to drain displaced water from top of batch. Clamps lid on tub and opens vacuum valve to draw remaining water from batch. Collects samples of batch for laboratory analysis. Adds type and quantities of oils and extenders specified by laboratory to bring body, strength, and shade of batch within acceptable limits. Mixes batch for specified time. Drains batch into containers and clamps on lid. (references)
	2: Washes and removes starch deposits from starch tables by flushing table with stream of water: Directs water hose over starch table to wash film of gluten from starch deposits. Plugs line to gluten tank at end of table and raises tailboard to allow starch deposit to flow to flushing tank. Turns valve to admit strong stream of water into starch table that loosens and flushes starch deposits into flushing tank. (references)
Wiktionary	1: [Noun] Agent noun of flush; one who flushes. (references)
	2: [Noun] The mechanical part of a toilet that causes the toilet bowl's contents to be sucked down the drain. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top


Part of Speech	Definition
Noun	1. A workman employed in cleaning sewers by flushing them with water.[Websters] 2. The red-backed shrike.[Websters].
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)		Top

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Date "FLUSHER" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1828. (references)

Specialty Definition: FLUSHER

Domain	Definition
Noah Webster	[Noun] The lesser butcher-bird.. Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary.
Occupations	1: Controls equipment to displace water from damp pigments by introducing oil or other liquid into pigment: Shovels batch of damp pigment into tub and starts agitator. Turns valve to admit steam into jacket of tub to heat batch to specified temperature. Adds required quantity of liquid vehicle to displace water in pigment. Tilts tub to drain displaced water from top of batch. Clamps lid on tub and opens vacuum valve to draw remaining water from batch. Collects samples of batch for laboratory analysis. Adds type and quantities of oils and extenders specified by laboratory to bring body, strength, and shade of batch within acceptable limits. Mixes batch for specified time. Drains batch into containers and clamps on lid. (references)
	2: Washes and removes starch deposits from starch tables by flushing table with stream of water: Directs water hose over starch table to wash film of gluten from starch deposits. Plugs line to gluten tank at end of table and raises tailboard to allow starch deposit to flow to flushing tank. Turns valve to admit strong stream of water into starch table that loosens and flushes starch deposits into flushing tank. (references)
Wiktionary	1: [Noun] Agent noun of flush; one who flushes. (references)
	2: [Noun] The mechanical part of a toilet that causes the toilet bowl's contents to be sucked down the drain. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.		Top