Blush | Webster's Dictionary (1865)

Blŭsh, v. i.

verbintransitive

v. i. [imp. & p. p. BLUSHED (blŭsht); p. pr. & vb. n. BLUSHING.] [D. blozen, to get red, blush, blos, redness, blush, Dan. blusse, to blaze, flash, blush, blus, Sw. bloss, torch, Icel. blossi, flame, blys, torch, blyglǫza, to blush; Sw. blygas, Dan. blutes (red), to blush, L. Ger. blüsen, to look red with heat, blüse, light-house, beacon; A-S. ablīsian, to blush, blysa, torch, blysiġe, little torch.] 1. To grow red; to have a red or rosy color. The sun of heaven, methought, was loth to set, But staid, and made the western welkin blush. Shak. 2. To redden in the cheeks or face, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty. Amphion blushed as red as any glowing flame. Turberville. In the presence of the shameless and unblushing, the young offender is ashamed to blush. Buckminster.

Blūsh, v. t.

verbtransitive

v. t. To make red; to express by blushing. “I'll blush you thanks.” Shak.

Blŭsh, n.

noun

n. 1. A red or reddish color; a rosy tint. Light’s last blushes tinged the distant hills. Littleton. 2. A red color suffusing the cheeks or the face, caused by shame, modesty, diffidence, or surprise. Here’s a light crimson, there a deeper one; A maiden’s blush here purples, there a white. Peacham. The rosy blush of love. Trumbull. 3. Sudden appearance; glance; view. At the first blush, we thought they had been ships come from France. Hackluyt.