Both Uses of
allude
in
The Lone Star Ranger
- No one made any hint of an allusion to his affair with Bosomer.†
Chpt 5allusion = an indirect reference
- Not proof against this chance, the outlaws made up a purse, in no wise disconcerted by Bill's contemptuous allusions to their banding together.†
Chpt 7 *allusions = indirect references
Definition:
to make an indirect reference
The expression, no allusion can mean "not even an indirect reference"; i.e., neither a direct nor an indirect reference to something.