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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

,

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.

brus'l. To crackle; to make a small crackling noise; to rustle, as a silk garment; to vapor, as a bully.