Flushed on the Horse, phr. (prison).—Privately whipped in gaol.
Flush-hit, subs. phr. (pugilistic).—A
clean blow; a hit full on the
mark and straight from the
shoulder. For synonyms, see
Dig.
1891. Lic. Vict. Mirror, 30 Jan., p. 7, col. 2. Landed a very heavy flush hit on the mouth.
Adv. (colloquial).—Full; straight; right on (q.v.).
1888. Sporting Life, 15 Dec. Both cautious, Wilson with marked frequency leading off, and getting the left flush on the face.
Fluster, verb. (old).—To excite;
to confuse, abash, or flummox
(q.v.); to upset, or be upset, with
drink.
1602. Shakspeare, Othello, I., 3. The very elements of this warlike isle,—Have I to-night fluster'd with flowing cups.
1711. Spectator, No 87. It is very common for such as are too low in constitution to ogle the idol upon the strength of tea, to fluster themselves with warmer liquors.
1719. Durfey, Pills, etc., ii., 261. When I vext proud Celia just come from my glass, She tells me I'm flustered, and look like an ass.
1731. Fielding, Letter Writers. Act II., Sc. 5. Who hath taken me to the tavern, and, I protest, almost fluster'd me.
Flustered (or Flustrated), ppl.
adj. (old).—Excited by drink,
circumstances, another person's
impudence, etc; also mildly drunk.
Cf., Flusticated. For synonyms,
see Screwed.
1686. Common. of Women, Prol. Another to compleat his daily task, fluster'd with claret, seizes on a mask.
1690. B. E., New Dict. of the Canting Crew. flustered, drunk.
1709. Steele, Tatler, No. 3. I . . . therefore take this public occasion to admonish a young Nobleman, whocame flustered into the box last night.
1748. T. Dyche, Dict. (5th ed.) Flustered (a) . . . somewhat intoxiated with liquor.
1750. Fielding, Tom Jones, bk. XIV. ch. ix. This latter, though not drunk, began to be somewhat flustered.
1779. The Mirror, No. 57. All of them flustered, some of them perfectly intoxicated.
1785. Grose, Dict. of the Vulgar Tongue, s.v.
Flusticated, or Flustrated, ppl.
adj. (old and colloquial).—Confused;
in a state of heat or
excitement. Cf., Flustered.
1712. Spectator, No. 493. We were coming down Essex Street one night a little flustrated.
1766. Colman, Cland. Marriage V., in works (1777) i. 271. Your mind is too much flustrated, and you can neither eat nor drink.
1843. Maj. Jones' Courtship, 1. Somehow I was so flustrated that I tuk the rong way.
1847. Porter, Big Bear, &c., p. 98. I sot down, being sorter flusticated like, thinkin' of that skrape, last time I was there.
Flustration, subs. (old and colloquial).—Heat;
excitement; bustle;
confusion; flurry (q.v.).
1771. Smollet, Humphrey Clinker, I., 126. Being I was in such a flustration.
1843. Major Jones' Courtship, viii. The old woman's been in a monstrous flustration 'bout the comet.
1847. Porter, Quarter Race, etc., p. 177. My wife is in a delicut way, and the frite might cause a flustration.
1848. Jones, Studies of Travel, p. 21. The old woman was in such a flustration she didn't know her lips from anything else.
1872. Mortimer Collins, Two Plunges for a Pearl, vol. II., ch. vii. Then was this pretty little actress whom he admired in a great state of flustration.
