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flusker
flusker, v. Obs. exc. dial. (ˈflʌskə(r)) [freq. of flusk ‘to fly at, as two cocks’ (‘Tim Bobbin’ Lanc. Dial.), ‘to startle a bird out of a bush’ (Almondbury Gloss., E.D.S.). Cf. flush v.1, flasker v.] 1. a. intr. To flutter or fly irregularly.1660–1794 [see fluskering vbl. n. and ppl. a.]. 1820 Clar... Oxford English Dictionary
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flush
▪ I. flush, n.1 (flʌʃ) [f. flush v.1] A flight of birds suddenly started up. Also transf.1596 Spenser F.Q. v. ii. 54 When a Falcon hath..Flowne at a flush of ducks. 1668 H. More Div. Dial. ii. x. (1713) 118 When one shoots at a flock of Pigeons or a flush of Ducks. 1868 Kinglake Crimea (1877) III. i... Oxford English Dictionary
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