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[ IMG:content-2240.png:[blocks in formation] J. Spencer , Prodigies, p. 146. of it Blushing is the most peculiar and the most human all expre ions. Monkeys redden from pa ion, but would require an overwhelming amount of evidence to make us believe that any animal could blush. Darwin , Expre . of Emotions, p. 310. blushing (blush'ing), p . a . [Ppr. of blush , v . ] 1. Modest; bashful; given to blushing or suffused with blushes: as, a blushing maiden. - 2. Freshly blooming; roseate, literally or figuratively. The dappled pink and blushing rose. Prior, The Garland. To-day he puts forth The tender leaves of hope, to-morrow blo oms, And bears his blushing honours thick upon him. Shak ., Hen. VIII., iii. 2. blushingly (blush'ing-li), adv . In a blushing manner; with blushes; modestly. blushle (blush'les), a . 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 ma acre. Macaulay , Conversation between Cowley and Milton. 3t. [Only in ME.; perhaps a different word. Cf. LG. blustern, blistern, flutter in alarm.] To wander or run about aimle ly. That thay blustered as blynde as bayard watz euer. Alliterative Poems (ed. Morris), ii. 886. II. trans. 1. To compel or force by mere bluster. [Rare.] He meant to bluster all princes into a perfect obedi Fuller. IMG:content-2241.png:[blocks in formation] boar ambi-, amphi- ), = (with an added element) Icel. badhir, etc., ME. bathe, bot he, mod. E. both: see both.] The earlier word for both. bo2 (bō), interj. [Also written boh and formerly also boe; a mere exclamation. Cf. D. " hij kan boe noch ba zeggen, " equiv. to E. "he cannot say bo to a goose." Cf. bool.] An exclamation used to inspire surprise or fright; especially, a cry uttered by children to frighten their fellows. Also boo. I'll rather put on my flashing red nose and my flaming face, and come wrapped in a calf's skin, and cry bo , bo ! I'll fray the scholar, I warrant thee. Old Play, Wily Beguiled. Not able to say bo! to a goose, very foolish or timid. b. o. A common abbreviation in stock-exchange reports and documents of buyer's op tion: as, b. o. 3 (that is, at the buyer's option within 3 days).