Fluster

·vi To be in a heat or bustle; to be agitated and confused.

II. Fluster ·noun Heat or glow, as from drinking; agitation mingled with confusion; disorder.

III. Fluster ·vt To make hot and rosy, as with drinking; to Heat; hence, to throw into agitation and confusion; to Confuse; to Muddle.

fluster
Heat; glow; agitation; confusion; disorder.--Webster. When Caska adds to his natural impudence the ...

Dictionary of American Words And Phrases by John Russell Bartlett.