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▪ I. † brust Obs. [OE. byrst: see birse, bristle.] A bristle.
a1000Ags. Gloss. in Wr.-Wülcker 46 Seta, byrst. c1000Sax. Leechd. I. 156 Hyre twigu beoð swylce swinen byrst. c1330Rouland & Ver. 861 No Jubiter, no apolin, No is worþ þe brust of a swin, In hert no in þouȝt. 1570Levins Manip. 194 A Bruste, seta. ▪ II. † brust, a. Obs. Also 3 burst. [app. pa. ppl. of a vb. *byrsten, bursten, a. ON. byrsta to bristle, f. burst bristle. (Mätzner cites an ON. adj. byrstr bristly, maned.)] Bristled, with bristles erect, bristling; also fig.
a1225Juliana 68 Set þat balefule beast as an burst bar [Bodl. MS. iburst bar] þat grunde his tuskes. c1325Pol. Songs 151 Cometh the maister budel brust ase a bore. ▪ III. brust obs. form of breast n. ▪ IV. brust(e, -en, -ing etc.: see burst. |