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Definition: To brustle up
Brustle
\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.
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2. To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle.
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To brustle up, to bristle up. [Obs.] --Otway.
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