- Brustled
- 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.] [1913 Webster]
{To brustle up}, to bristle up. [Obs.] --Otway. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.