What does aflush mean?
Aflush means (archaic or poetic) flushed, blushing.
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/əˈflʌʃ/ · adjective
(archaic or poetic) flushed, blushing.
That is the resurrection angel, his lips still aquiver and his cheek aflush with the blast that shattered the cemeteries and woke the dead.
As the old mother sits there so quiet in her corner, her body worn to a silver thread, and hardly anything left of her but her indomitable eyes, it is hard, at least for a young thing of nineteen, all aflush and aflurry with her new party gown, to realize that that old mother is infinitely more romantic than herself.
Go ahead," the quarter-deck bade him, seeing him aflush with information. "
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Aflush means (archaic or poetic) flushed, blushing.
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That is the resurrection angel, his lips still aquiver and his cheek aflush with the blast that shattered the cemeteries and woke the dead.
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