Poker: Why is a flush named 'flush'?

Question

You got a flush if your hand shows cards of the same suit. So far, so good. But where does the word come from? Whats its origin? Please try to name real sources, too, as Wikipedia & Co. didnt help me yet... Thanks poker freaks!

Update:

...any information about semantics, history, first appearance, derivation or whatever else is highly appreciated! :-)

pokercoach · Accepted Answer

I can tell you for the straight flush: It was the name of a plane (a  B-29 Superfortress) participating in the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima.  It was named Straight Flush, purportedly based on a gambling penchant of Eatherly, the pilot of the B-29.

All I know about the flush is: The full 52-card English deck was used, and the flush was introduced ( around 1870)
Take care

Vlad H · Answer

–noun
2.a hand or set of cards all of one suit. Compare royal flush, straight flush.
3.Pinochle. a meld of ace, king, queen, jack, and ten of the trump suit. Compare marriage (def. 8), royal marriage.

[Origin: 1520–30; cf. F (obs.) flus, var. of flux flow, flush (cf. phrase run of cards) < L fluxus flux]

bad boy 30 · Answer

Beats me why it is called that but i love to have a flush

Anonym · Answer

a 'flush' of colour - so a full hand of the one colour 

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LoLa · Answer

Because it is so good it flushesh away all the other persons hands down the toilet.

Poker: Why is a flush named 'flush'?

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