单词 | brustle |
释义 | † brustlev.1 Obsolete. 1. a. intransitive. To make a crackling or rustling noise. ΘΚΠ the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [verb (intransitive)] > rustle brustlec1275 rustlea1387 stichle?a1513 whistle1633 fissle1721 crinkle1878 frou-frouing1905 c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10051 Breken braden speren brustleden sceldes. c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 10020 Brustlede scæftes. 1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis II. 93 He..brustleth as a monkes froise, Whan it is throwe into the panne. 1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Brustle, to crackle, to make a small noise. (Skinner.) b. Of the noise of waves. ΘΚΠ the world > the earth > water > flow or flowing > wave > move in waves [verb (intransitive)] > make noise brustlea1640 a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat iv. vii, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. G2 v/1 See where the Sea comes? how it foams, & brussels? 2. To go hastily with a rustling noise. Cf. bustle v.1 2a. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > rate of motion > swiftness > swift movement in specific manner > move swiftly in specific manner [verb (intransitive)] > move swiftly with or as with sound thunderc1374 hurtle1509 rattle1555 skirr1567 whizz1591 brustle1638 clatter1810 whoosh1856 fizz1864 zoon1880 zing1899 skoosh1904 zoom1924 scream1943 1638 H. Rider tr. Horace Odes i. (1644) 21 The..green-skind adder brustled through a bush. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). † brustlev.2 Obsolete. 1. intransitive. To bristle as hair. See bristle n. 2. To bristle up as an excited beast, raise the mane. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > by habits or actions > habits and actions > [verb (intransitive)] > raise the bristles or hackles brustle1656 bristle1694 hackle1953 1656 A. Cowley Davideis i. 17 in Poems A Lyon..brustles up preparing for his feast. 3. esp. Of birds: To raise the feathers; hence figurative with reference to the turkeycock or peacock: To show off, vapour, bluster. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > actions or bird defined by > [verb (intransitive)] > ruffle or raise feathers rouse1486 busk1567 brustle1648 the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > bluster [verb (intransitive)] face1440 brace1447 ruffle1484 puff1490 to face (something) out with a card of ten?1499 to face with a card of ten?1499 cock1542 to brave it1549 roist1563 huff1598 swagger1600 ruff1602 tear1602 bouncec1626 to bravade the street1634 brustle1648 hector1661 roister1663 huffle1673 ding1679 fluster1698 bully1733 to bluster like bull-beef1785 swell1795 buck1880 swashbuckle1897 loudmouth1931 1648 R. Herrick Hesperides sig. K2 Can Yee see it brusle like a Swan? 1655 T. Stanley Hist. Philos. I. iii. 57 Showing him the Cocks of Midas brustling against those of Callias. 1658 G. Starkey Natures Explic. 64 He vapours and brustles like Dametas in his military accoutrements. 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα 370 Like the Birds called Ruffs, ever brusling and pecking against each other. 1720 J. Strype Stow's Surv. of London (rev. ed.) II. v. xxix. 389/2 A Mercer in Cheapside: who had been often burstling..about this Ceremony. 1721–1800 N. Bailey Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. Brustle..to vapour. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < |
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