'To brustle up' definitions:
Definition of 'To brustle up'
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- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To make a show of fierceness or defiance; to bristle. [Obs.] [1913 Webster]
- To brustle up, to bristle up. [Obs.] --Otway. [1913 Webster]