brusle

See also: bruslé

English

Etymology

From Middle English brustel, bristel.

Verb

brusle (third-person singular simple present brusles, present participle brusling, simple past and past participle brusled)

1. (obsolete, transitive, often with up (brusle up)) To cause (something) to bristle or stand erect.
   • 1600, Tommaso Garzoni, “A diſcourſe of the Author, […]”, in The Hospitall of Incvrable Fooles:  […],  […] Edm. Bollifant, for Edward Blount, page 150:

     […] for queſtionleſſe ſhe fayneth herſelfe to bee diſtracted for no other ende, but to enioy eaſie and good daies, who in this point diſcouereth herſelfe; for ſometimes ſhee will goe into the hen-loft, and get her into the corner where the hen ſittes, crying, co co co, to ſhew like an hen that ſhe hath layd an egge; but if any goe to take it vp, ſhe cryeth no more after that manner, bruſling her feathers , or cackling like an hen; […]

   • 1636, Daniel Featley, “The Traitors Guerdon.  […]”, in Clavis Mystica: A Key Opening Divers Difficult and Mysterious Texts of Holy Scripture,  […], London:  […] R. r. for Nicolas Bourne,  […], page 65:

     In the interim, Ruthwen conſults with the Earle Gowrie his brother, and according to the Latine ° proverbe , the aſpe ſuckes poyſon from the viper, wherewith he ſwelleth , and bruſling up himſelfe, flies at his Majeſtie the ſecond time to ſting him to death , and wrapping about him , begins to bind his royall hands; […]

   • 1665, John Ogilby, “Of the ſame Camel and Fly” (chapter XXV), in The Fables of Æsop  […], London:  […] Thomas Roycroft  […], page 63:

     But when the Sun behind th' opacous Globe
     Suffer'd Ecclipſe,Cold, pierc'd her ſlender Robe ;
     At which ſhe waking, bruſles up her Tail,
     Then lighting pearch'd upon the neighbouring Pale ; […]

   • 1671, Samuel Collihns, chapter XVIII, in The Preſent State of Russia in a Letter to a Friend in London;  […],  […] John Winter for Dorman Newman  […], pages 84-85:

     Abour Cazan and Aſtracan there is a little Bird about the bigneſs of Woodcock, his legs and bill not unlike a Snipe, but the feathers and neck like Cock of the Game, being cut and trimm'd they fight like Cocks, ſparring at one another, and yet they have no ſpurs. They are in continual war [if] kept in the houſe, and will lie on their guards with their bills on the ground and at firſt advantage run a tilt with their ſingle Rapiers, as violently as any Duelliſt , bruſling up their neck-feathers(a guiſſa di gallo) […]

2. (obsolete, intransitive) To bristle; to brustle; to react with fierceness, fear, suspicion, distance, or defiance.
   • 1659, John Gauden, chapter XXIX, in The Tears,Sighs,Complaints, and Prayers of the Church of England:  […], London:  […] J. G. for R. Royston,  […], page 370:

     For however the feebleneſſe and paucity of leſſer Sects and Factions in Religion in ſome places, their mutuall Diviſions and inteſtine Quarrels in others (being like the Birds called Ruffs, ever bruſling and pecking againſt each other) may make them ſeem at preſent not ſo dangerous or pernicious, […]

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbruslɛ]

Noun

brusle f

1. skate

Declension

Declension of brusle (soft feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	brusle	brusle
genitive	brusle	bruslí
dative	brusli	bruslím
accusative	brusli	brusle
vocative	brusle	brusle
locative	brusli	bruslích
instrumental	bruslí	bruslemi

Related terms

• bruslení
• bruslit
• krasobruslení

 

Further reading

• “brusle”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “brusle”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

• Homophones: bruslent, brusles

Verb

brusle

1. inflection of brusler:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative