Brus"tle (?), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Brustled (#); p. pr. & vb. n. Brustling (#).] [OE. brustlien and brastlien, AS. brastlian, fr. berstan to burst, akin to G. prasseln to crackle. See Burst, v. i.]
1.
To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment.
[Obs.]
Gower.
2.
To make a show of fireceness or defiance; to bristle.
[Obs.]
To brustle up, to bristle up. [Obs.]
Otway.
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Brus"tle, n.
A bristle.
[Obs. or Prov.]
Chaucer.
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