Flush"ing*ly, adv. In a flushing manner.
Flush"ness, n. The state of being flush; abundance.
Flus"ter (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Flustered; p. pr. & vb. n.
Flustering.] [Cf. Icel. flaustra to be flustered, flaustr a fluster.]
To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to heat; hence, to throw into
agitation and confusion; to confuse; to muddle.
His habit or flustering himself daily with claret.
Macaulay.
Flus"ter, v. i. To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.
The flstering, vainglorious Greeks.
South.
Flus"ter, n. Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with
confusion; disorder.
Flus`ter*a"tion (?), n. The act of flustering, or the state of being
flustered; fluster. [Colloq.]
Flus"trate (?), v. t. [See Fluster, v. t.] To fluster. [Colloq.]
Spectator.
Flus*tra"tion (?), n. The act of flustrating; confusion; flurry.
[Colloq.] Richardson.
Flute (?), n. [OE. floute, floite, fr. OF. fla¸te, flahute, flahuste,
F. fl&?;te; cf. LL. flauta, D. fluit. See Flute, v. i.] 1. A musical
wind instrument, consisting of a hollow cylinder or pipe, with holes
along its length, stopped by the fingers or by keys which are opened by
the fingers. The modern flute is closed at the upper end, and blown
with the mouth at a lateral hole.
The breathing flute's soft notes are heard around.
Pope.
2. (Arch.) A channel of curved section; -- usually applied to one of a
vertical series of such channels used to decorate columns and pilasters
in classical architecture. See Illust. under Base, n.
3. A similar channel or groove made in wood or other material, esp. in
plaited cloth, as in a lady's ruffle.