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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.

2. To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle. [Obs.]

To brustle up, to bristle up. [Obs.] --Otway.

Brustle

Brus"tle\, n. A bristle. [Obs. or Prov.] --Chaucer.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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