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Blushed (gcide) | Blush \Blush\ (bl[u^]sh) v. i. [imp. & p. p. Blushed
(bl[u^]sht); p. pr. & vb. n. Blushing.] [OE. bluschen to
shine, look, turn red, AS. blyscan to glow; akin to blysa a
torch, [=a]bl[=y]sian to blush, D. blozen, Dan. blusse to
blaze, blush.]
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1. To become suffused with red in the cheeks, as from a sense
of shame, modesty, or confusion; to become red from such
cause, as the cheeks or face.
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To the nuptial bower
I led her blushing like the morn. --Milton.
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In the presence of the shameless and unblushing, the
young offender is ashamed to blush. --Buckminster.
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He would stroke
The head of modest and ingenuous worth,
That blushed at its own praise. --Cowper.
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2. To grow red; to have a red or rosy color.
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The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set,
But stayed, and made the western welkin blush.
--Shak.
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3. To have a warm and delicate color, as some roses and other
flowers.
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Full many a flower is born to blush unseen. --T.
Gray.
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