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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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Rus"tle, v. t. To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.
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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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