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rustling
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Rustling
(gcide) | Rustle \Rus"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rustled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rustling.] [AS. hristlan to rustle; or cf. Sw. rusta to
stir, make a riot, or E. rush, v.]
1. To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the
rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.
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He is coming; I hear his straw rustle. --Shak.
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Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk. --Shak.
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2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to
bustle about. [Slang, Western U.S.]
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3. To steal; -- used of livestock and esp. of cattle.
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To rustle up To gather or find by searching; as, to rustle
up some food for supper.
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rustling
(wn) | rustling
adj 1: characterized by soft sounds; "a murmurous brook"; "a
soughing wind in the pines"; "a slow sad susurrous rustle
like the wind fingering the pines"- R.P.Warren [syn:
murmurous, rustling, soughing, susurrous]
n 1: the stealing of cattle
2: a light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves
blowing in the wind [syn: rustle, rustling, whisper,
whispering] |
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Brustling
(gcide) | Brustle \Brus"tle\, v. 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, v. i.]
1. To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment. [Obs.] --Gower.
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2. To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
[Obs.]
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To brustle up, to bristle up. [Obs.] --Otway.
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Rustling
(gcide) | Rustle \Rus"tle\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Rustled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rustling.] [AS. hristlan to rustle; or cf. Sw. rusta to
stir, make a riot, or E. rush, v.]
1. To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the
rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.
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He is coming; I hear his straw rustle. --Shak.
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Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk. --Shak.
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2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to
bustle about. [Slang, Western U.S.]
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3. To steal; -- used of livestock and esp. of cattle.
[PJC]
To rustle up To gather or find by searching; as, to rustle
up some food for supper.
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