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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
He is coming; I hear his straw rustle. --Shak.
Prouder than rustling in unpaid-for silk. --Shak.
2. To stir about energetically; to strive to succeed; to
bustle about [Slang, Western U.S.]
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
rustling
adj : characterized by soft sounds; "a murmurous brook"; "a
soughing wind in the pines"; "a slow sad susurrous
rustle like the wind fingering the pines"- R.P.Warren
[syn: {murmurous}, {soughing}, {susurrous}]
n 1: the stealing of cattle
2: the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves
blowing in the wind [syn: {rustle}, {whisper}, {whispering}]
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