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Webster 1913 Edition

Bustle

Bus′tle

(bŭs′s’l)
,
Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Bustled
(-s’ld);
p. pr. & vb. n.
Bustling
(-slĭng).]
[Cf. OE.
buskle
, perh. fr. AS.
bysig
busy,
bysg-ian
to busy + the verbal termination
-le
; or Icel.
bustla
to splash, bustle.]
To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance;
as, to
bustle
through a crowd
.
And leave the world for me to
bustle
in.
Shakespeare

Bus′tle

,
Noun.
Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement.
A strange
bustle
and disturbance in the world.
South.

Bus′tle

,
Noun.
A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; – called also
bishop
, and
tournure
.

Webster 1828 Edition

Bustle

BUS'TLE

,
Verb.
I.
bus'l. [ This word may be allied to busy,or to L. festino.]
To stir quick; to be very active; to be very quick in motion, often or usually with the sense of noise or agitation.
And leave the world for me to bustle in.

BUS'TLE

,
Noun.
bus'l. Hurry; great stir; rapid motion with noise and agitation; tumult from stirring or agitation; combustion.
All would have been well without this bustle.

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