Hypertext Webster Gateway: "rustle"
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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Rustle \Rus"tle\, v. t.
To cause to rustle; as, the wind rustles the leaves.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
rustle
n : the light noise like the noise of silk clothing or leaves
blowing in the wind [syn: {rustling}, {whisper}, {whispering}]
v 1: make a dry crackling sound, as of silk or leaves
2: take illegally, as of cattle [syn: {lift}]
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