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▪ I. rustle, n.|ˈrʌs(ə)l|
[f. the vb.]
1. A continuous succession of light crisp sounds produced by some kind of movement.
1759Johnson Idler No. 44 ⁋4 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. 1820Keats Fancy 41 Thou shalt hear..Rustle of the reaped corn. 1841B. Hall Patchwork III. x. 196 The rustle of bank-notes could also just be heard. 1877Mrs. Oliphant Makers Flor. xii. 300 For half an hour there was silence, except from the rustle of the multitude which knelt around.
2. U.S. colloq. Bustle, hustle.
1899‘R. Connor’ Sky Pilot xxi, It's about time for me to get a rustle on.
▪ II. rustle, v.|ˈrʌs(ə)l|
Forms: 4 rouschel-, 6–7 rushle; 5 rousle, rossle, 6–7 russel (6 Sc. russil), 7 russle; 5 roustle, rustel (-ely), 5– rustle.
[Imitative: cf. older Flem. ruysselen, rijsselen, Fris. risselje, russelje, Du. ridselen, ritselen in the same sense.]
1. a. intr. Of things: To give forth a continuous succession of light, rapid, crisp sounds, as the result of some kind of movement.
1398Trevisa Barth. De P.R. xvi. i. (Tollemache MS.), Yf it were þruste and brosid to gederes in a mannis honde, hit schulde rustel [v.r. rustely] and make noyse for drynesse and hardnesse. c1400Siege of Troy 136 (MS. Harl. 525) in Archiv neu. Spr. LXXII. 15 There were..baners rustland with þe wynde. 1565Cooper Thesaurus, Strepito, to make noyse often: to make a great noyse: to rustle. 1603Shakes. Meas. for M. iv. iii. 38 He is comming Sir,..I heare his Straw russle. 1638Junius Paint. Ancients 41 When the wind-shaken ropes rumble and rustle. 1791Burns Tam O' Shanter 51 The storm without might rair and rustle, Tam did na mind the storm a whistle. 1815Shelley Alastor 104 The dry leaf rustles in the brake. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. (1858) 146 Scotland itself still rustled shaggy and leafy. 1897W. H. Thornton Rem. W.-Co. Clergyman vi. 177 A person had been terrified by hearing the curtains of the bed rustle.
b. Of persons or animals: To cause sounds of this nature to be produced.
1560Rolland Seven Sages 54 The Falcon this behalding..With hir wingis scho russillit & rang hir bellis. 1560J. Daus tr. Sleidane's Comm. 114 b, Beynge charged to make a signe,..he rustleth and maketh a noyse agayne. 1603Knolles Hist. Turkes (1621) 1158 Which caused them..to russle with their armes, to keepe a stir with their souldiours. 1627E. F. Hist. Edw. II (1680) 110 To russle boysterously, or grumbling murmur some unsavoury Prayers. 1700Dryden Pal. & Arcite ii. 183 So stands the Thracian herdsman..and hopes the hunted bear, And hears him rustling in the wood. 1735Somerville Chase iv. 421 Thro' reedy Pools Rustling they work their Way. 1819S. Rogers Human Life 382 The otter rustling in the sedgy mere. 1845A. M. Hall Whiteboy xi, She rustled at an old cabinet, which she unlocked and locked, as if placing the papers therein. 1892E. Reeves Homeward Bd. 18 Woman rustles, and bustles, and creaks, and fusses.
2. With advs. or preps.:
a. To come, go, move, etc., with a rustling sound.
In the earliest quots. the prominent idea appears to be that of rapid motion, and this may be the origin of the special development in sense 4.
a1586Sidney Arcadia i. (1605) 63 As he let his sword fall vpon it, another knight all in blacke came rustling in. 1594Lyly Mother Bombie v. iii, These minstrelles..rustle into euery place. 1607Topsell Four-f. Beasts (1658) 372 Four strong men, armed with shields,..rustle in upon the lion lying in his den. He..with such celerity rustleth upon them as if it were some storm or tempest. 1728–46Thomson Spring 93 Where the deer rustle through the twining brake. 1840Carlyle Lect. Heroes i. ⁋27 All Life is figured by them as a Tree... It grows there, the breath of Human Passion rustling through it. 1896A. E. Housman Shropshire Lad xli, In the woodland brown I heard the beechnut rustle down.
b. To go about, be finely dressed, in some material which rustles.
1598Shakes. Merry W. ii. ii. 68 All Muske, and so rushling, I warrant you, in silke and golde. 1611― Cymb. iii. iii. 24 This life Is..Prouder, then rustling in unpayd-for Silke. 1691The Weesils ii. 7 His Wife too, in..richest Silks, can rustle with the best. 1750Gray Long Story vi, A brace of Warriors, not in buff, But rustling in their silks and tissues. 1788[see bustle n.2]. 1816Scott Antiq. vi, The elderly lady rustled in silks and satins. 1847Tennyson Princ. i. 200 He..holp To lace us up, till, each, in maiden plumes We rustled.
3. trans.
a. To cause to move in some way with a rustling sound. Const. with advs. and preps.
1648J. Beaumont Psyche xiv. ccx, And many sleeping Saints by it awaked, Russled their Dust together and gat up. 1853M. Arnold Scholar Gypsy iii, Air-swept lindens..rustle down their perfum'd showers Of bloom on the bent grass. 1870Lowell Study Wind., Gd. Word Winter, Euroclydon..rustles snowflakes against the pane.
refl.1892Cornhill Mag. May 547 Mrs. Aylmer rose horrified, and rustled herself out of the room.
b. To shake or stir with a rustling sound.
a1821[see rustled]. 1838Lytton Leila i. iii, Nor was the stillness broken, save as an occasional breeze..rustled the fragrant leaves of the citron and pomegranate. 1856Emerson Eng. Traits, Religion, They who come to the old shrines find apes and players rustling the old garments. 1868Morris Earthly Par. (1870) I. ii. 619 From off the sea a little west-wind blew, Rustling the garden leaves like sudden rain.
4. orig. U.S. colloq.
a. intr. To bestir oneself or move about vigorously; to work with strenuous energy; to hustle, push one's way.
1872R. B. Johnson Very Far West xiv. 195 I've rustled upwards from a picayune printin' office down to New Orleens. 1883Advance (Chicago) 31 May, A man who earns his livelihood by exposure and hard riding is said to ‘rustle’. 1891C. Roberts Adrift Amer. 52, I rustled round but could not get a job, as things were very slack.
b. trans. To shift, deal with, rapidly; to pick up, acquire, or get together by one's own exertions. Now usu. with up.
1844Spirit of Times 14 Sept. 343/3 He nailed my thumb in his jaws, and rostled up a handful of dirt & throwed it in my eyes. 1882Cent. Mag. XXIV. 508/2 ‘Rustle the things off that table,’ means clear the table in a hurry. 1890L. D'Oyle Notches 45, I was out one day after antelope (I ‘rustled’ all my meat, except a ham now and then as a luxury). 1891Advance 29 Jan. 101/2 Some of the members have arranged..to go out on the hills and ‘rustle up’ wood. 1894Harper's Mag. Jan. 299. I'll sure buy Pedro back off him just as soon as ever I rustle some cash. 1903A. Adams Log of Cowboy xxi. 332 Honeyman being excused on agreeing to rustle the wood and water. 1919Punch 29 Jan. 87/1 All George's performances in the art of rustling bivvies rank as star. 1931‘Dean Stiff’ Milk & Honey Route viii. 81 Kid, you go out and rustle some breakfast and meet us at the water tank. 1944M. Laski Love on Supertax iii. 45 Do you think you can rustle me up something to eat? 1959Spectator 11 Sept. 331/1 They put on their programme with such costumes as they could rustle up from Edinburgh's shops. 1978G. Greene Human Factor v. ii. 243 We may not be able to rustle up more than an omelette, Muller. Pot luck.
c. Of animals: to forage (for). Also absol. and transf.
1881N.Y. Times 18 Dec. 4/3 Cattle, in winter, ‘rustle’ for food by nosing through the snow to the dried grass beneath. 1913L. V. Kelly Range Men 109 The [Red River] settlement took up the ranching of cattle, the turning out of herds to rustle their own living. 1916‘B. M. Bower’ Phantom Herd xiv. 243 He turns you out thinking he'll let you rustle for yourself awhile. 1924R. Campbell Flaming Terrapin iv. 61 As shepherd winds drove forth their foamy sheep To rustle through the verdure of the deep. 1925Chambers's Jrnl. Mar. 168/1 It is accustomed to rustle its living through the long severe winters of its habitat. 1955J. C. Ewers in Bull. U.S. Bureau Amer. Ethnol. No. 159. 42 Unless the snow was too deep..(i.e. over ca. 2 feet) they [sc. horses] generally could rustle enough food..to gain a meagre subsistence. 1961R. P. Hobson Rancher takes Wife vii. 111 The range horses never had to be fed hay, but rustled all year round. 1966H. Marriott Cariboo Cowboy ii. 32 One year with another most of the cattle, except the calves, bulls, and thin cows, all rustled out in most of these ranges for most of, if not all, the winter.
d. To gather, round up; also with in and out.
1896G. W. Dice Life vi. 30, I was more fortunate than ever this time, and..‘rustled up’ a good big herd of cattle, which we shipped to Kansas City. 1903A. Adams Log of Cowboy iv. 53 Our foreman..sent Honeyman to rustle in the horses. 1924A. J. Small Frozen Gold iii. 81 Why ain't you rustlin' a crowd of the boys up to corral the swabs? 1947‘N. Blake’ Minute for Murder v. 101 He's to rustle out all his men..and post them round the building. 1965G. McInnes Road to Gundagai x. 183 Well, go and rustle up the rest of them.
e. To steal (cattle, horses, etc.) by rounding them up. Also transf. and absol.
1902A. H. Lewis Wolfville Nights xv. 234, I claims that this Bowlaig b'ar is guilty of rustlin' the mails an' must..be hanged. 1910W. M. Raine B. O'Connor xix. 299 We're after them for rustling a bunch of Circle 33 cows. 1916‘B. M. Bower’ Phantom Herd xiv. 243 You hold a grudge against your dad, and you rustle from him mostly. 1948Range Riders Western May 30/1, I ain't ever rustled a cow in my life. 1951L. MacNeice tr. Goethe's Faust 163 One rustles cattle, one a wife.
Hence ˈrustled ppl. a.
a1821Keats Hyperion ii. 2 Hyperion slid into the rustled air. 1876Browning Forgiveness 208 And turning, saw whose rustled gown Had told me my wife followed. |