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单词 brustle
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brustlev.1

Forms: Also 1600s brussel.
Etymology: Early Middle English brustlien , parallel to bræstlien : see brastle v. Probably onomatopoeic: expressing a duller or more muffled sound than brastle. Compare rustle, bustle.
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.
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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.
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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

Forms: Also 1600s brusle, 1700s burstle.
Etymology: apparently a variant of bristle v.1, perhaps influenced in sense 3 by brustle v.1, or by rustle v.
Obsolete.
1. intransitive. To bristle as hair. See bristle n.
2. To bristle up as an excited beast, raise the mane.
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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.
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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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