Part 1230

<blockquote>Vice now, secure, her <b>blushless</b> front shall raise. <i>Dodsley.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Blushy</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Blush"y</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Like a blush; having the color of a blush; rosy.</def> <mark>[R.]</mark> "A <i>blushy</i> color."

<i>Harvey.</i>

<h1>Bluster</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Blus"ter</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Blustered</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Blustering</er>.]</wordforms> <ety>[Allied to <ets>blast</ets>.]</ety>

<p><b>1.</b> <def>To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.</def>

<blockquote>And ever-threatening storms Of Chaos <b>blustering</b> round. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>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.</def>

<blockquote>Your ministerial directors <b>blustered</b> like tragic tyrants. <i>Burke.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bluster</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Blus"ter</hw>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <def>To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.</def>

<blockquote>He bloweth and <b>blustereth</b> out . . . his abominable blasphemy. <i>Sir T. More.</i></blockquote>

<blockquote>As if therewith he meant to <b>bluster</b> all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands. <i>Fuller.</i></blockquote>

<h1>Bluster</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Blus"ter</hw>, <tt>n.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.</def>

<blockquote>To the winds they set Their corners, when with <b>bluster</b> to confound Sea, air, and shore. <i>Milton.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language.</def>

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

<syn>Syn. -- Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion; boasting; swaggering; bullying.</syn>

<h1>Blusterer</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Blus"ter*er</hw> <tt>(?)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who, or that which, blusters; a noisy swaggerer.</def>

<h1>Blustering</h1> <Xpage=160>

<hw>Blus"ter*ing</hw>, <tt>a.</tt> <p><b>1.</b> <def>Exhibiting noisy violence, as the wind; stormy; tumultuous.</def>

<blockquote>A tempest and a <b>blustering</b> day. <i>Shak.</i></blockquote>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>Uttering noisy threats; noisy and swaggering; boisterous.</def> "A <i>blustering</i> fellow."

<i>L'Estrange.</i>

<h1>Blusteringly</h1> <Xpage=160>