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Definition of Rustling
1. Adjective. Characterized by soft sounds. "A slow sad susurrous rustle like the wind fingering the pines"
2. Noun. The stealing of cattle.
3. Noun. A light noise, like the noise of silk clothing or leaves blowing in the wind.
Definition of Rustling
1. Verb. (present participle of rustle) ¹
2. Noun. A series of rustles. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Rustling
1. rustle [v] - See also: rustle
Lexicographical Neighbors of Rustling
Literary usage of Rustling
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Black Hills, Or, The Last Hunting Ground of the Dakotahs: A Complete by Annie D. Tallent (1899)
"HORSE-THIEVES AND CATTLE-rustling ON THE NORTHERN FRONTIER. Perhaps the most
flourishing and profitable industry carried on in the region lying north and ..."
2. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1878)
"The rustling noise accompanying the ex- FIGS. 8, g, IQ.—Coronas and luminous arcs.
periments is analogous to ..."
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