† brustlingn.1
Obsolete.
Rustling noise or movement.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > degree, kind, or quality of sound > repeated sound or succession of sounds > [noun] > rustling
whisping1379
rustlinga1387
flushinga1398
ruffling1440
stichling?1553
brustling1589
rustle1624
rash1671
titter1853
fidget1860
gush1866
reesle1866
frou-frou1870
silking1871
1589 J. Jane in R. Hakluyt Princ. Navigations iii. 777 We fell into a great whirling and brustling of a tyde.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
† brustlingn.2
Obsolete.
Raising of the feathers; vapouring, blustering.
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the mind > emotion > pride > boasting or boastfulness > blustering or bravado > [noun]
facing1481
blusteringa1494
flirdom?a1500
bravity1546
bravery1548
roistingc1560
bravado1583
roister-doisterdom1592
swash1593
swaggeringa1596
huffing1600
hufty1609
huff1611
brustling1622
hufty-tufty1633
bouncing1634
hectorism1672
huffiness1678
bluster1692
bounce1714
bravadoism1833
fanfaronading1837
bush1840
huffishness1841
swashbuckling1888
bucko1909
1622 T. Stoughton Christians Sacrifice vii. 91 The Turkie cocke..maketh a great brustling and strouting with his wings.
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