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Webster 1913 Edition

Bluster

Blus′ter

,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Blustered
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Blustering
.]
[Allied to
blast
.]
1.
To blow fitfully with violence and noise, as wind; to be windy and boisterous, as the weather.
And ever-threatening storms
Of Chaos
blustering
round.
Milton.
2.
To talk with noisy violence; to swagger, as a turbulent or boasting person; to act in a noisy, tumultuous way; to play the bully; to storm; to rage.
Your ministerial directors
blustered
like tragic tyrants.
Burke.

Blus′ter

,
Verb.
T.
To utter, or do, with noisy violence; to force by blustering; to bully.
He bloweth and
blustereth
out . . . his abominable blasphemy.
Sir T. More.
As if therewith he meant to
bluster
all princes into a perfect obedience to his commands.
Fuller.

Blus′ter

,
Noun.
1.
Fitful noise and violence, as of a storm; violent winds; boisterousness.
To the winds they set
Their corners, when with
bluster
to confound
Sea, air, and shore.
Milton.
2.
Noisy and violent or threatening talk; noisy and boastful language.
L’Estrange.
Syn. – Noise; boisterousness; tumult; turbulence; confusion; boasting; swaggering; bullying.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bluster

BLUS'TER

,
Verb.
I.
[Probably allied to blaze, blast.]
1.
To be loud, noisy or swaggering; to bully; to purr; to swagger; as a turbulent or boasting person.
2.
To roar, and be tumultuous, as wind; to be boisterous; to be windy;; to hurry.

BLUS'TER

,
Noun.
Noise; tumult; boasting; boisterousness; turbulence; roar of a tempest; violent wind; hurry; any irregular noise and tumult from wind, or from vanity.

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