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Rustle

Rustle (rustle)
v. i.(?)
Rus"tle
[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.

    He is coming; I hear his straw rustle. Shak.

    Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk. Shak.

  2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.
    [Slang, Western U.S.]

Rustle

Rustle (rustle)
v. t.
Rus"tle
  1. To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.

Rustle

Rustle (rustle)
n.
Rus"tle
  1. A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.

    When the noise of a torrent, the rustle of a wood, the song of birds, or the play of lambs, had power to fill the attention, and suspend all perception of the course of time. Idler.













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