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ion; to become red from such cause, as the cheeks or face. To the nuptial bower I led her blushing like the morn. Milton. In the presence of the shameless and unblushing, the young offender is ashamed to blush. Buckminster. He would stroke The head of modest and ingenuous worth, That blushed at its own praise. Cowper.…

One that blushes.

A modest girl. [Obs.] B. Jonson.

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

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.

In a blushing manner; with a blush or blushes; as, to answer or confess blushingly.

Free from blushes; incapable of blushing; shameless; impudent. Vice now, secure, her blushless front shall raise. Dodsley.

Like a blush; having the color of a blush; rosy. [R.] "A blushy color." Harvey.

Blushing; ruddy.

To exceed in blushing; to surpass in rosy color. T. Shipman.

Not blushing; shameless. -- Un*blush"ing*ly, adv.

In a flushed or blushing state.

, the aurora (the dawn or the northern lights); rosy. Her cheeks suffused with an auroral blush. Longfellow.

Shameless; unblushing. [Obs.] Spenser.

A woman who confers a benefit. His benefactress blushes at the deed. Cowper.

To paint; to cover or color with, or as with, paint. Else would a maiden blush bepaint my cheek. Shak.

will ever constitute a wit to conclude a tart piece of buffoonery with a "What makes you blush" Spectator.

To acquire color; to turn red, especially in the face; to blush.

Of a deep red color tinged with blue; deep red. "A crimson tide." Mrs. Hemans. The blushing poppy with a crimson hue. Prior.

gentle day, . . . Dapples the drowsy east with spots of gray. Shak. The dappled pink and blushing rose. Prior.