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▪ I. fluster, n.|ˈflʌstə(r)|
[see next vb.]
1.
†a. Excitement proceeding from intoxication (obs.).
b. A confused or agitated state of mind; a flurry, flutter.
1710Tatler No. 252 ⁋4 When Caska adds to his natural Impudence the Fluster of a Bottle. 1728Vanbr. & Cib. Prov. Husb. iii. i, He has been in such a Fluster here. 1848Lowell Biglow P. Poems 1890 II. 85 In the Tower Victory sets, all of a fluster. 1863Mrs. C. Clarke Shaks. Char. viii. 209 All this fluster may have arisen from a horror of the steward.
†2. ? Pomp, splendour. Cf. fluster v. 3 c, d. Obs.
1676Marvell Mr. Smirke Wks. (Grosart) IV. 12 His wit consisting wholly in his dresse, he would..have it all about him; as to the end that being huff'd up in all his ecclesiastical fluster, he might appear more formidable. a1716South Serm. (1737) VI. vi. 235 Let no present fluster of fortune..transport the man himself with confidence.
▪ II. fluster, v.|ˈflʌstə(r)|
Also ? 5 flostre, 9 dial. flowster.
[This and the related n. closely resemble in sense the mod.Icel. flaustr hurry, bustle, flaustra to bustle. Cf. bluster v.]
†1. ? trans. ? To excite, stimulate. Obs.
1422[see flustering vbl. n.].
2. trans. To flush or excite with drink, make half-tipsy.
1604Shakes. Oth. ii. iii. 60 Three else of Cyprus..Haue I to night fluster'd with flowing Cups. 1731Fielding Lett. Writers ii. v, My nephew..hath taken me to the Tavern, and..almost flustered me. 1851Thackeray Eng. Hum. iii. (1876) 233 His head is flustered with burgundy.
3. intr. To be excited or eager; to move with agitation or confusion; to bustle.
1613F. Robartes Rev. Gospel 136 Who will not fluster to be one? 1636Div. Trag. lately Acted 27 A blacke ball..flew into the bell free..then it flustered about the Church. 1808Jamieson, Fluster, to be in a state of bustle. 1865G. Meredith R. Fleming xliii. (1890) 369 He broke out upon Mrs. Sumfit..which caused her to fluster guiltily. 1879Cornh. Mag. June 699 They flustered out, abashed like poultry who have been played upon with garden hose. 1893R. Kipling Many Invent. 16 The Dutch gunboat came flustering up.
†b. Of seed: To shoot up quickly; to push.
1650T. Bayly Herba Parietis 123 Both were exceeding glad to see the corne so fluster upon the ground that was sown by their hands.
c. To bluster, swagger.
d. dial. See quot.
1661[see flustering ppl. a.]. 1876Whitby Gloss., Flowster or fluster, to flourish or flutter, in showy colours.
4. trans. To flurry, confuse.
1724R. Falconer Voy. (1769) 267 My scattered Thoughts, that were flustered upon that Occasion. 1760A. Murphy Way to Keep Him i. ii, Madam, If I was as you, I would not fluster myself about it. 1816Scott Antiq. xxxiv, The aged housekeeper was no less flustered and hurried in obeying the numerous..commands of her mistress. 1870Spurgeon Treas. Dav. Ps. lii. 9 Men must not too much fluster us.
Hence ˈflustering vbl. n. and ppl. a. Also ˈflusterment, the state of being flustered.
1422tr. Secreta Secret., Priv. Priv. (E.E.T.S.) 129 The flostyrynge of the losengers that the[e] Plesyn, thou sholdyst gretly drede. 1661–98South Serm. III. 263 The Flustring Vain-glorious Greeks. 1804T. Bewick Brit. Birds II. 135 When it is very closely pursued, and compelled to rise, it [the coot] does this with much flustering and apparent difficulty. 1895Expositor Apr. 296 Palpitations, flusterments, hesitancies seem to turn our message into farce. |