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Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913

Brustle

· Brus·tle · IPA /ˈbɹʌsəl/
01 v. i. To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment.
imp. & p. p. Brustled; p. pr. & vb. n. Brustling
  1. 1.
    To crackle; to rustle, as a silk garment.[Obs.]
  2. 2.
    To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.[Obs.]
Phrases & compounds
To brustle up — to bristle up.
02 n. A bristle.
  1. 1.
    A bristle.[Obs. or Prov.]