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Webster 1913 Edition
Rustle
Rus′tle
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Rustled
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Rustling
.] [AS.
hristlan
to rustle; or cf. Sw. rusta
to stir, make a riot, or E. rush
, v.] 1.
To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing or moving of silk cloth or dry leaves.
He is coming; I hear his straw
rustle
. Shakespeare
Prouder than
rustling
in unpaid-for silk. Shakespeare
2.
To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to bustle about.
[Slang, Western U.S.]
Rus′tle
,Verb.
T.
To cause to rustle;
as, the wind
. rustles
the leavesRus′tle
,Noun.
A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the like; a rustling.
When the noise of a torrent, the
rustle
of a wood, the song of birds, or the play of lambs, had power to fill the attention, and suspend all perception of the course of time. Idler.
Webster 1828 Edition
Rustle
RUSTLE
,Verb.
I.
To make a quick succession of small sounds, like the rubbing of silk cloth or dry leaves; as a rustling silk; rustling leaves or trees; rustling wings.
He is coming; I hear the straw rustle.