Part 716

I'll blush you thanks. Shak.

Blush, n. 1. A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty.

The rosy blush of love. Trumbull.

2. A red or reddish color; a rosy tint.

Light's last blushes tinged the distant hills. Lyttleton.

At first blush, or At the first blush, at the first appearance or view. "At the first blush, we thought they had been ships come from France." Hakluyt. This phrase is used now more of ideas, opinions, etc., than of material things. "All purely identical propositions, obviously, and at first blush, appear," etc. Locke. -- To put to the blush, to cause to blush with shame; to put to shame.

Blush"er (blsh"r), n. One that blushes.

Blush"et (-t), n. A modest girl. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

Blush"ful (-fl), a. Full of blushes.

While from his ardent look the turning Spring Averts her blushful face. Thomson.

Blush"ing, a. Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate color like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate.

The dappled pink and blushing rose. Prior.

Blush"ing, n. The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or flush upon the cheeks.

Blush"ing*ly, adv. In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer or confess blushingly.

Blush"less, a. Free from blushes; incapable of blushing; shameless; impudent.

Vice now, secure, her blushless front shall raise. Dodsley.

Blush"y (&?;), a. Like a blush; having the color of a blush; rosy. [R.] "A blushy color." Harvey.

Blus"ter (&?;), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blustered (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Blustering.] [Allied to blast.]

1. To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.

And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos blustering round. Milton.

2. To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage.

Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants. Burke.

Blus"ter, v. t. To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.

He bloweth and blustereth out . . . his abominable blasphemy. Sir T. More.

As if therewith he meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands. Fuller.

Blus"ter, n. 1. Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.

To the winds they set Their corners, when with bluster to confound Sea, air, and shore. Milton.

2. Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language. L'Estrange.