Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term
blush
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give a rosy glow to
So we can imagine sailing ships, their 'white' sails billowing in the wind and catching this warm light; there is an imagery perhaps of the rounded sails turning pink and recalling the pinkish cheeks of someone who is blushing with embarrassment, or perhaps rather here pleasure.
I wonder if there is also a suggestion, with the similarity of the sounds, of a kind of distant allusion to 'brushing' — the setting sun 'brushes' the sails with its pink light, perhaps suggesting the notion of 'passing the message' in a visual way?
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Note added at 49 mins (2020-11-05 07:43:40 GMT)
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Although exaggerated, this is the kind of mage that came to mind when I read these lines:
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Note added at 49 mins (2020-11-05 07:43:56 GMT)
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Sorry, 'image'!
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Yvonne Gallagher
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philgoddard
: This is an unusual, poetic use of the word, and you won't find it in a dictionary.
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Thanks, Phil!
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Discussion
You could substitute "flush" for "blush" and it would still kind of make sense. "Blush" is being used as a transitive verb, but it's normally intransitive.
http://www.telelib.com/authors/T/TennysonAlfred/verse/maud/m...