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Rustle \Rus"tle\, v. 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.
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He is coming; I hear his straw rustle. --Shak.
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Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk. --Shak.
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2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to
bustle about. [Slang, Western U.S.]
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3. To steal; -- used of livestock and esp. of cattle.
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{To rustle up} To gather or find by searching; as, to rustle
up some food for supper.
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Rustle \Rus"tle\, v. t.
To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.
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Rustle \Rus"tle\, n.
A quick succession or confusion of small sounds, like those
made by shaking leaves or straw, by rubbing silk, or the
like; a rustling.
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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.
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