2. Verb. (third-person singular of rustle) ¹
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Definition of Rustles
1. rustle [v] - See also: rustle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rustles
Literary usage of Rustles
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chief American Poets: Selected Poems by Bryant, Poe, Emerson, Longfellow by Curtis Hidden Page (1905)
"The wind, That rustles down the well-known forest road — It hath a sound more
eloquent than speech. The stream, the trees, the grass, the sighing All of ..."
2. Barbizon Days: Millet, Corot, Rousseau, Barye by Charles Sprague Smith (1902)
"But Rousseau said: "The tree which rustles and the heather which grows are for
me the grand history, that which will not change. ..."
3. A Cyclopædic Dictionary of the Mang'anja Language Spoken in British Central by David Clement Ruffelle Scott (1892)
"... something passes there and rustles the grass ; таги i- ... the calico rustles,
it is of strong quality. ..."
4. Hyak Nin Is'shiu, Or Stanzas by a Century of Poets, Being Japanese Lyrical by Frederick Victor Dickins (1866)
"Now twilight darkens, and the breeze rustles the homeside rice-fields 'mong, And
murmuring sounds my ear please, As past my hut with thatch ..."
5. The Works of Samuel Taylor Coleridge: Prose and Verse by Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1853)
"Hurrying along the drifted forest-leaves, The scared snake rustles. Onward still
I toil. 1 know not, ask not whither ! ..."
6. The Fourth Book of Vocal Music for High Schools, Academies, Normal Schools by Eleanor Smith (1905)
"(2, 8) rustles a-long o'er hill and plain. ( 4 ) rustles a-long the moon - lit lane.
Heigh! ... *r~-M—^^^ -^=r >UTI rustles a-long the sha - dy lane. ..."
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