BUSTLES

Noun

bustles

plural of bustle

Verb

bustles

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bustle

Anagrams

• sublets, tubless

Source: Wiktionary


BUSTLE

Bus"tle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Bustled (p. pr. & vb.n. Bustling ( Etym: [Cf. OE. buskle, perh. fr. AS. bysig busy, bysg-ian to busy + the verbal termination -le; or Icel. bustla to splash, bustle.]

Definition: To move noisily; to be rudely active; to move in a way to cause agitation or disturbance; as, to bustle through a crowd. And leave the world for me to bustle in. Shak.

Bus"tle, n.

Definition: Great stir; agitation; tumult from stirring or excitement. A strange bustle and disturbance in the world. South.

Bus"tle, n.

Definition: A kind of pad or cushion worn on the back below the waist, by women, to give fullness to the skirts; -- called also bishop, and tournure.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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