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Webster 1913 Edition
Brustle
Brus′tle
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Brustled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Brustling
.] [OE. ]
brustlien
and brastlien
, AS. brastlian
, fr. berstan
to burst, akin to G. prasseln
to crackle. See Burst
, Verb.
I.
1.
To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment.
[Obs.]
Gower.
2.
To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
[Obs.]
To brustle up
, to bristle up.
[Obs.]
Otway.
Brus′tle
,Noun.
A bristle.
[Obs. or Prov.]
Chaucer.
Webster 1828 Edition
Brustle
BRUS'TLE
,Verb.
I.
Definition 2024
brustle
brustle
English
Noun
brustle (plural brustles)
- (obsolete or dialect) A bristle.
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Verb
brustle (third-person singular simple present brustles, present participle brustling, simple past and past participle brustled)
- To crackle; to rustle.
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- To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
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