pos>v. i.
To the nuptial bower
I led her blushing like the morn. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ]
In the presence of the shameless and unblushing, the young offender is ashamed to blush. Buckminster. [ 1913 Webster ]
He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous worth,
That blushed at its own praise. Cowper. [ 1913 Webster ]
The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set,
But stayed, and made the western welkin blush. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
Full many a flower is born to blush unseen. T. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t.
To blush and beautify the cheek again. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
I'll blush you thanks. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
n.
The rosy blush of love. Trumbull. [ 1913 Webster ]
Light's last blushes tinged the distant hills. Lyttleton. [ 1913 Webster ]
At first blush, or
At the first blush
To put to the blush,
adj. rose-colored.
n. One that blushes. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A modest girl. [ Obs. ] B. Jonson. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Full of blushes. [ 1913 Webster ]
While from his ardent look the turning Spring
Averts her blushful face. Thomson. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. The act of turning red; the appearance of a reddish color or flush upon the cheeks. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Showing blushes; rosy red; having a warm and delicate color like some roses and other flowers; blooming; ruddy; roseate. [ 1913 Webster ]
The dappled pink and blushing rose. Prior. [ 1913 Webster ]
adv. In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes;