verb. (old).—To excite; to confuse, abash, or FLUMMOX (q.v.); to upset, or be upset, with drink.
1602. SHAKESPEARE, 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. D’URFEY, Wit and Mirth; or Pills to Purge Melancholy, ii., 261.
| When I visit proud Cælia just come from my glass, | |
| She tells me I’m FLUSTER’D, and look like an ass. |
1731. FIELDING, The Letter Writers, Act II., Sc. 5. Who hath taken me to the tavern, and, I protest, almost FLUSTER’D me.
