blush 
In tile IIIVMIKV of the ,*luiMic]r:<.s anti lUit'ltlrtllinK the 
yollllK offender is ashamed to litllxh. ,^inKlfi\ 
4. To appear as if blushing; rxliiliit :i red or 
roseate hue; bloom freshly or inode.it ly. 
Tilt' Sim t heaven. Ml< llu'll-lit, w as loth til Set, 
lint stay'd, and imule (In 1 western welkin Vi//<. 
Slink., K. John, v. fi. 
Knll many a Mom T i-, limn t" Uu,li unseen. 
Urnii, Elegy. 
5. To be ashamed: with nl or for. 
He hliiMfifn fur the ili.sirmenuoiisness <if tin- must de- 
voteil oiship|ier uf s|ieeLilati\ e truth." 
Whi/iiil,; KM. and Rev., I. 19. 
II. Iriiim. 1. To make red. [Rare.] 
Which IMooilj . . . ne'er retnrneth 
To WKX/I mid beautify the eheok again. 
Shale., 2 Hen. VI., ill. 2. 
2. To express, show, or make known by blush- 
ing, or by a change of color similar to a blush. 
[Rare and poetical.] 
Pass the happy news, 
Blush it thru tlie Went. 
Tennyson, Maud, \vii 
blush (blush), n. [< ME. blusch, gleam, glimpse ; 
from the verb.] If. A gleam. 
To hide u lilisful bln*ch of the bryst snnne. 
Sir tl'iiratiH,' <tn<l tin- tii-t'ci, Kiti'iltt (eil. Morris), 1. 520. 
2. A glance; glimpse; look; view: obsolete 
except in the phrase at first bluxli. 
At the first blush we thought they had beene shippes 
come from France. Haklui/t's Voyages, III. 330. 
This sounds, at Jirxt blush, very neat, if not even very 
profound ; but a closer examination dissolves it into 
nothing. BiUiotkeca Sacra, XLI1I. 618. 
3. Look ; resemblance : as, she has a Hush of 
her father. [North. Eng.] [Hence, collective- 
ly, an assembly, company, in the isolated ex- 
ample, a blush of boycn = a company of boys 
("Book of St. Albans").] 4. The suffusion of 
the cheeks or the face with a red color through 
confusion, shame, diffidence, or the like. 
If impious acts 
Have left tllee blood enough to make a blush, 
I'll paint it on thy cheeks. 
Fletcher, Spanish Curate, ill. 3. 
Her blush of maiden shame. Bryant, Autumn Woods. 
5. A red or reddish color ; a rosy tint. 
And light's last blushes tinged the distant hills. 
Lord Li/ttelton, Uncertainty, i. 
To put to the blush, to cause to Mush or be ashamed. 
blusher (blush'er), n. One who blushes, or is 
given to blushing. 
Muhittoes are often great Mwtherx, blush succeeding 
blush over their faces. 
Varu'iit, Express, of Emotions, p. 320. 
blushett (blush'et), n. [< blush + -et.~\ A little 
blusher ; a modest young girl. 
(Jo to, little blmhft. B. Jonson, Entertainments, 
blushful (blush'ful), rt. [< blush + -/w,.] Full 
of blushes. 
From his |the sun's] ardent look the turning Spring 
Averts her blushful face. Thomson, Summer, 1. 7. 
The true, the blushful Hippocrene. 
Keats, Ode to Nightingale. 
blushfully (blush 'ful-i), adv. With many 
blushes. 
blushing (blush'ing), n. [Verbal n. of blush, r.] 
The act of becoming red in the face through 
modesty, confusion, or shame ; suffusion with 
a roseate tint. 
The blttshiiujs of the evening. 
J. Si*iuxr, Prodigies, p. Hit. 
Blujthinff is the most peculiar and the most human of 
all expressions. Monkeys redden from passion, but it 
would require an overwhelming amount of evidence to 
make us Ix'lievc that any animal could blush. 
Daru-in, Express, of Emotions, p. 310. 
blushing (blush 'ing), p. a. [Ppr. of blush, i\] 
1. Modi-st; bashful; given to blushing or suf- 
fused with blushes : as, a blushing maiden. 2. 
Freshly blooming; roseate, literally or figura- 
tively. 
The dappled pink and Itltuthiiiff rose. 
Prior, The Garland. 
To-day he puts forth 
The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blossoms, 
And bears bis Mimliimi honours thick upon him. 
Shot., Hen. VIII.. iii. 2, 
blushingly (blush'inir-U), adv. In a blushing 
manner ; with blushes ; modestly, 
blushless (Mush'les), a. [< blush + -less.] 
Without a blush; unblushing; past blushing; 
impudent; barefaced; shameless: as, "blusli- 
li'ns crimes," Sniii/i/x. 
blushwort (blush'wert), n. A name given to 
cultivated species of JEscliynanthus. 
blushy (blush'i), a. [< blush + -i/l.] Like a 
blush ; having the color of a blush. [Rare.] 
Blossoms of apples . . . are blusln/. 
Bacon, Nat Hist., S 507. 
603 
bluster (blus'teri, r. [Origin obscure. Hardly 
connected with ME. bluxtcrcn, wander about 
aimlessly, = L(i. hluxii-m. ///<>/<;, flutter about 
anxiously; but prob. one of the imitative words 
attached loosely to what is felt to be the com- 
mon root of blow 1 , blast. The E. Fries, liliixti-m, 
bluster, freq. of bliissi'ii, var. of blasen (= E. 
blaze'*), blow, is appar. a parallel fonnation.] 
1. in trans. 1 . To roar and be tumultuous, as 
wind; blow boisterously: as, the storm blus- 
ters without. 
Bluster the winds and tides. 
Tennyson, Fair Women. 
2. To be loud, noisy, or swaggering ; swagger, 
as a turbulent or boasting person ; utter loud 
empty menaces or protests. 
Your ministerial directors blustered like tragic tyrants 
here. Burke, American Taxation. 
Let your demagogues lead crowds, lest they lead armies ; 
let them bluster, lest they masaacre. 
Macaulay, Conversation between Cowley and Milton. 
3t. [Only in ME. ; perhaps a different word. 
Cf. LG. blustcrn, blistern, flutter in alarm.] To 
wander or run about aimlessly. 
That thay blustered as blynde as bayard wats euer. 
Alliterative Poem* (ed. Morris), ii. 886. 
II. trans. 1. To compel or force by mere 
bluster. [Rare.] 
He meant to bliuter all princes into a perfect obedi- 
ence. Fuller. 
2. To utter with bluster, or with noise and vio- 
lence : generally with out or forth. 
Bloweth and blustereth out . . . blasphemy. 
Sir T. More, Works, p. 374. 
To bluster down', to blow down with violence, as of 
the wind. 
By a tempestuous gust bluster down the house. 
Seasonable Sermons, p. 26. 
bluster (blus'ter), M. [< bluster, v.} 1. The 
noise of a storm or of violent wind ; a blast ; a 
gust. 
The skies look grimly 
And threaten present blusters. 
Shot., W. T., iii. 3. 
2. A boisterous blast, or loud tumultuous noise. 
The brazen trumpet's bluster. Swi/f, Prometheus. 
3. Noisy but empty talk or menace ; swagger ; 
boisterous self-assertion. 
A coward makes a great deal more bluster than a man 
of honour. Sir R. L'Kstranye. 
The real weather gods are free from brag and bluster. 
The Century, XXV. 674. 
= Syn. 3. Turbulence, boasting, bragging, bullying, 
blusteration (blus-te-ra'shon), n. [< bluster + 
-ation.] Noisy boasting; blustering; boister- 
ous conduct. [Prov. Eng. and Amer.] 
blusterer (blus'ter-er), n. One who or that 
which blusters ; especially, a swaggerer ; a 
bully ; a noisy, boastful, or boisterous fellow. 
Sometime a bliuiterer, that the ruffle knew 
Of court, of city. Shots., Lover's Complaint, 1. 58. 
blustering (blus'ter-ing), p. a. [Ppr. of blas- 
ter, r.] 1. Stormy; windy; tempestuous: as, 
blustering weather ; "a blustering day," Xhak., 
I Hen. IV., v. 1. 2. Noisy; violent; self-as- 
serting; swaggering: as, a blustering fellow. 
A policy of blustering menace and arrogant Interference. 
N. A. Ken., XXXIX. 410. 
blusteringly (blus'ter-ing-li), adv. In a blus- 
tering manner. 
blusterous, blustrous (blus'ter-us, -trus), a. 
[< bluster + -ous.] 1. Noisy; tempestuous; 
rough; stormy. 
Now, mild may be thy life ! 
For a more blust'rous birth had never batie. 
Shot., Pericles, iii. 1. 
2. Violent; truculent; swaggering, 
blustery (blus'ter-i), a. [< bluster + -yl.] Blus- 
tering; blusterous; raging; noisy. 
A hollow, blustery, pusillanimous, and unsound [char- 
acter]. Carlyle, Life of Sterling. 
blustrous, a. See blusterous. 
-bly. A termination of adverbs. See the ety- 
mology of -ble. 
boar 
i-. iiiniilii-i, (with an added element) Icel. 
hnilhir, et.-.. MK. ///. Imlln; m.id. K. Imtli : 
see 6or*.] The earlier word for hoik. 
bo 2 (bo), iiiti-rj. [Also writtm Imli :ind formerly 
also boe; a mere rxcluinutinn. Cf. I), "hij lean 
boe >incli li.-i .: I/HIM," i-<|ni\ . tn E. "he cannot 
say bo to a goose." Cf. 6ool.} An exclamation 
used to inspire surprise or fright; especially, a 
cry uttered oy children to frighten their fellows. 
Also boo. 
I'll rather put on my flashing red noe and my fUmliiK 
face, ami dime wrapped In * calf skin, and cr) 
I'll fray the scholar, I warrant tl 
IM Pit,,,. Wily !!<-uuil, ,1, 
Not able to say bo! to a goose, very !<iii.i, , timid 
b. 0. A common abbreviation in stock-ex- 
change reports and documents of buyer's op- 
tion : as, fc. o. 3 (that is, at the buyer's option 
within 3 days). 
boa l")'ii ), . | M... < L. I; >,i, also IHII-II. ap- 
plied to 'a large serpent; perhaps < bos (boe-), 
an ox, in allusion to its large size : see Bos and 
bovine."} 1. [C<J;A] In her/>et., a genus of very 
large non-venomous serpents, of the family 
Boidte, notable for their power of constriction. 
It was formerly nearly coextensive with the modern fam- 
ily, and Included all the boas, anacondas, etc., but Is now 
restricted to certain South American species congeneric- 
Boa (Sea 
with Boa constrictor. The genus includes some of the 
largest known serpents (sometimes more than 20 feet 
long), capable of enveloping and crushing mammals as 
large as a deer. 
2. In ordinary language, some large serpent, 
as a boa-co7istrictor, anaconda, or python ; any 
member of the family Jioid<e or Pythonidtc. 3. 
A long and slender cylindrical wrap of fur, worn 
by women round the neck. 
boa-constrictor (bo'ii-kon-strik'tor), M. A 
name popularly applied to any large serpent 
of the family Boitla; or 1'ythonida: : same as 
boa, 2. 
boalee (bo'a-le), . [< boyari, the Bengalese 
native name.] A fish of the family fiiluridee, 
H'allago attu, which has been also named .Si/u- 
rus boalix, inhabiting the fresh waters of India 
and Burma. It has a long IxKly. deeply cleft mouth, 
forked caudal, very long anal, and small dorsal. It attains- 
a length of at>out feet, and is edible. 
In India the jawbone of the bnalee nsh (Silurus Imalls) 
is employed by the natives alwut Docca. The teeth, 
being small, recurved, and closely set. act as a tine comb 
for carding cotton. 
Siminotuls, Com. Products of the Sea, p. 255. 
Boanerges (bo-a-ner'jez), n. )il. [LL., < Gr. Bo- 
avepytf, from an Aramaic form equiv. to Heb. 
bne hargem, sons of thunder (< fine, pi. of ben, 
son, + ha, the, + ra'am, thunder), or to the 
synonymous Heb. bne regexh.'] 1. Sons of thun- 
der : a name given bv Christ to two of has dis- 
ciples, James and John, sons of Zebedee. 
And he sumamed them Boanrryes, which is. The sons 
of thunder. Mark ill. 17. 
Hence 2. sing. A name sometimes given to a 
vociferous preacher or orator. 
boar 1 (bor), n. and a. [Early mod. E. also liore ; 
< ME. boor, bore, bor, < AS. Mr = OS. ber (-suin, 
swine) = D. beer = MLG. ber, LG. ber = OHG. 
her, MHG. ber, a boar, G. bar, a young boar. 
lype (blip), . [Origin uncertain.] 1. A Cf- Buss, frororw, a boar.] I. w. 1. The male 
shred; a piece of skin rubbed off. Burns. 2. of swine (not castrated). 2. A military engine 
A stroke or blow. [Scotch.] 
blythet, a. An obsolete spelling of blithe. 
B. M. An abbreviation of Bachelor of Medicine. 
B. M. E. An abbreviation of Bachelor of Min- 
ing Engineering. 
B. Mus. An abbreviation of Bachelor of Music. 
boH, a., pron., and conj. [ME., also boo, < AS. 
bd, fern, (in ME. common and neut.), with begen 
(ME. bcgeii. In ii-ii, lifi/iti; bayne, beie, beye, baye), 
masc., bu, neut., = Goth, bai, m., ha, neut., = 
(with a prefix) L. ai-?>o = Gr. aii-oa, both (see 
used in the middle ages. Grose __ Ethiopian wild 
boar. Same as halluf. Wild boar < SIM rrr>/i or aprr). 
an ungulate or hoofed mammal, family S\n<tir, the origi- 
nal of the tame hog. Wild Niars are found in most parU 
of Europe, excepting the British islands (where, how ever. 
they formerly abounded), and also in the greater part of 
Asia, and on the Barbary coast of Africa. The wild boar 
differs in several respects from the tame species ; its body 
is smaller, its snout longer, and Its ears (which are always 
black) rounder and shorter ; its color is iron-gray, inclin- 
ing to black. The tusks, formed by the enlarged canine 
teeth, are larger than those of the tame boar, l>eing some- 
times nearly a foot in length. The chase of the wild Iwar 
is one of the most exciting sports of Europe and India. 
